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Amerind is one of the three families in Joseph H. Greenberg's highly controversial classification of all Native American languages (the other two being Na-Dene and Eskimo-Aleut). Most modern linguists agree, however, that there is not enough evidence to theorize a single Amerind language family, and instead classify these languages into many smaller families.1 See also
2 References
- Greenberg, Joseph H. (1987) Language in the Americas. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
2.1 Criticisms
- Adelaar, Willem F. H. (1989) Review of Language in the Americas. Lingua 78.249-255.
- Berman, Howard (1992) A Comment on the Yurok and Kalapuya Data in Greenberg's Language in the Americas, International Journal of American Linguistics 58.2.230-233.
- Chafe, Wallace (1987) Review of Language in the Americas. Current Anthropology 28.652-653.
- Goddard, Ives (1987) Review of Language in the Americas. Current Anthropology 28.656-657.
- Kimball, Geoffrey (1992) A critique of Muskogean, `Gulf,' and Yukian materials in Language in the Americas, International Journal of American Linguistics 58: 447-501.
- Poser, William J. (1992) The Salinan and Yurumanguí Data in Language in the Americas. International Journal of American Linguistics 58.2.202-229.
- Rankin, Robert (1992) Review of Language in the Americas, International Journal of American Linguistics 58.3.324-351.
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