Missionary Linguistic Studies from Mesoamerica to Patagonia

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"Missionary Linguistic Studies from Mesoamerica to Patagonia presents the results of in-depth studies of grammars, vocabularies and religious texts, dating from the sixteenth - nineteenth century. The researches involve twenty (extinct) indigenous Mesoamerican and South American languages: Matlatzinca, Mixtec, Nahuatl, Purépecha, Zapotec (Mexico); K'iche, Kaqchikel (Guatemala); Amage, Aymara, Cholón, Huarpe, Kunza, Mochica, Mapudungun, Proto-Tacanan, Pukina, Quechua, Uru-Chipaya (Peru); Tehuelche (Patagonia); (Tupi-)Guarani (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay). The results of the studies include: a) a digital model of a good, conveniently arranged vocabulary, applicable to all indigenous Amerindian languages; b) disclosure of intertextual relationships, language contacts, circulation of knowledge; c) insights in grammatical structures; d) phone analyses; e) transcriptions, so that the texts remain accessible for further research. f) the architecture of grammars; g) conceptual evolutions and innovations in grammaticography. Contributors are Willem F. H. Adelaar, Astrid Alexander-Bakkerus, Justin Case, Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Wolf Dietrich, Michael Dürr, Nicholas Q. Emlen, Rebeca Fernández Rodríguez, Katja Hannss, Simon van de Kerke, Pilar Máynez, Mercedes Montes de Oca, Arjan Mossel, Julio Alfonso Pérez Luna, Andy Peetermans, Alejandra Regúnaga, Frauke Sachse, Matthias Urban, Zanna Van Loon, Otto Zwartjes"--