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Introduction to Handbook of American Indian Languages, and Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico
Introduction to Handbook of American Indian Languages and Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico Author:Franz Boas, J. W. Powell This volume presents Franz Boas' Introduction to the Handbook of American Indian Languages [1911] and J. W. Powell's Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico [1891] -- two classic works dealing with the nature of the native languages of North America and the problem of their listing and classification. These sources fu... more »rnish fundamental bibliographies covering nineteenth-century work in these areas. The Boas essay is, in addition, a clear exposition of the fundamental aspects of all languages.« less