The Languages of Native America

<p>These essays were drawn from the papers presented at the Linguistic Society of America's Summer Institute at the State University of New York at Oswego in 1976. The contents are as follows:</p><ul><li>Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun Introduction: North American Indian Historical Linguistics in Current Perspective</li><li>Ives Goddard Comparative Algonquian</li><li>Marianne Mithun Iroquoian</li><li>Wallace L. Chafe Caddoan</li><li>David S. Rood Siouan</li><li>Mary R. Haas Southeastern Languages</li><li>James M. Crawford Timucua and Yuchi: Two Language Isolates of the Southeast</li><li>Ives Goddard The Languages of South Texas and the Lower Rio Grande</li><li>Irvine Davis The Kiowa-Tanoan Keresan and Zuni Languages</li><li>Susan Steele Uto-Aztecan: An Assessment for Historical and</li><li>Comparative Linguistics</li><li>William H. Jacobsen Jr. Hokan lnter-Branch Comparisons</li><li>Margaret Langdon Some Thoughts on Hokan with Particular Reference to Pomoan and Yuman</li><li>Michael Silverstein ''Penutian: An Assessment</li><li>Laurence C. Thompson Salishan and the Northwest</li><li>William H. Jacobsen Jr. Wakashan Comparative Studies</li><li>William H. Jacobsen Jr. Chimakuan Comparative Studies</li><li>Michael E. Krauss Na-Dene and Eskimo-Aleut</li><li>Lyle CampbelI Middle American Languages</li><li>Eric S. Hamp A Glance from Now On.</li></ul>