{"product_id":"the-mayan-languages-9780367869137","title":"The Mayan Languages","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Judith Aissen | Nora England | Roberto Zavala Maldonado\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Journalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mayan Languages\u003c\/em\u003e presents a comprehensive survey of the language family associated with the Classic Mayan civilization (AD 200-900), a family whose individual languages are still spoken today by at least six million indigenous Maya in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique resource is an ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Mayan languages and linguistics. Written by a team of experts in the field, \u003ci\u003eThe Mayan Languages\u003c\/i\u003e presents in-depth accounts of the linguistic features that characterize the thirty-one languages of the family, their historical evolution, and the social context in which they are spoken. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mayan Languages\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovides detailed grammatical sketches of approximately a third of the Mayan languages, representing most of the branches of the family; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes a section on the historical development of the family, as well as an entirely new sketch of the grammar of \"Classic Maya\" as represented in the hieroglyphic script; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovides detailed state-of-the-art discussions of the principal advances in grammatical analysis of Mayan languages; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes ample discussion of the use of the languages in social, conversational, and poetic contexts. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsisting of topical chapters on the history, sociolinguistics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse structure, and acquisition of the Mayan languages, this book will be a resource for researchers and other readers with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic anthropology, language acquisition, and linguistic typology. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46419148931223,"sku":"9780367869137","price":10848.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780367869137.webp?v=1769073319","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-mayan-languages-9780367869137","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}