Sean O'Neill

Broschiertes Buch

Cultural Contact and Linguistic Relativity among the Indians of Northwestern California

Beschreibung

In this thought-provoking re-examination of the hypothesis of linguistic relativity, Sean O'Neill looks closely at the Hupa, Yurok, and Karuk peoples to explore the striking juxtaposition between linguistic diversity and relative cultural uniformity among their communities.

Autor

Sean O'Neill is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma and a linguistic anthropologist who specializes in the expression of oral literature in multilingual and multicultural settings. He is author and coeditor of numerous articles and books on the Indigenous languages of the Americas, including The Collected Works of Edward Sapir, volume 14,  Native American Placenames of the Southwest, and Dictionary of the Ponca People. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9780806168845
• ISBN-10: 0806168846
• Artikelnr.: 61324800