The native languages of South America origins, development, typology (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2014)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Human migrations, dispersals, and contacts in South America / Loretta O'Connor and Vishnupriya Kolipakam -- Basic vocabulary comparison in South American languages / Harald Hammarstrom -- Structural features and language contact in the Isthmo-Colombian area / Loretta O'Connor -- The Andean foothills and adjacent Amazonian fringe / Rik van Gijn -- The Andean matrix / Simon van de Kerke and Pieter Muysken -- The Arawakan matrix / Love Eriksen and Swintha Danielsen -- The Tupian expansion / Love Eriksen and Ana Vilacy Galucio -- Language internal and external factors in the development of the desiderative in South American indigenous languages / Neele Mueller -- Verbal argument marking patterns in South American languages / Joshua Birchall -- The noun phrase: focus on demonstratives, redrawing the semantic map / Olga Krasnoukhova -- Subordination strategies in South America: nominalization / Rik van Gijn -- The languages of South America: deep families, areal relationships, and language contact / Joshua Birchall, Swintha Danielsen, Love Eriksen, Ana Vilacy Galucio, Rik van Gijn, Harald Hammarstrom, Simon van de Kerke, Vishnupraya Kolipakam, Olga Krasnoukhova, Pieter Muysken, Neele Muller, Loretta O'Connor