The Language of the Inka Since the European Invasion Tapa dura - 1991

University of Texas Press, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 346 Pages, Dust Jacket Minor Edge Wear O/W Fine.

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Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1991. Appears unread. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket (a few very short closed edge tears). NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Texas Linguistics Series. Diagrams. Tables. List of chapter notes. List of references cited. Index. Bound in the original dark gray (almost black) cloth, stamped in bright silver on the spine. From the dust jacket: "The Inka empire, Tawantinsuyu, fell to Spanish invaders within a year's time (1532-1533), but Quechua, the language of the Inka, is still the primary or only language of millions of Inka descendants throughout the southern Andes. In this innovative study, Bruce Mannheim synthesizes all that is currently known about the history of Southern Peruvian Quechua since the Spanish invasion, providing new insights into the nature of language change in general, into the social and historical contexts of language change, and into the… Leer más

Univ. Of Texas Press, 1991. Hardcover. Near new condition, covers bright, text clean and binding tight in a very good, just lightly chipped, dust jacket.. 346pp.

University of Texas Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 326 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with wear to the corners and spine ends. The Inka empire, Tawantinsuyu, fell to Spanish invaders within a year's time (1532-1533), but Quechua, the language of the Inka, is still the primary or only language of millions of Inka descendants throughout the southern Andes. In this innovative study, Bruce Mannheim synthesizes all that is currently known about the history of Southern Peruvian Quechua since the Spanish invasion, providing new insights into the nature of language change in general, into the social and historical contexts of language change, and into the cultural conditioning of linguistic change. Mannheim first discusses changes in the social setting of language use in the Andes from the time of the first European contact in the sixteenth century until today. He reveals that the modern linguistic homogeneity of Spanish and Quechua is a product of… Leer más

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