This third edition of Miriam Meyerhoff's highly successful textbook provides a solid, up-to-
date appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of the field and covers foundation issues …

With some 108 independent genealogical units, South America is the linguistically most
diverse region of our planet and presents a particular challenge to linguists seeking to …

This paper investigates the dynamics of multilingualism and the linguistic outcomes of
contact involving indigenous languages in the northwest Amazonian Vaupés region …

The Upper Rio Negro regional social system is made up of more than 30 languages
belonging to six linguistic families. This results from socio-historical processes stretching …

Indigenous people in Colombia constitute a mere three percent of the national population.
Colombian indigenous communities' success in gaining collective control of almost thirty …

Esta obra busca contribuir al entendimiento de la cultura e historia de una sociedad
amazónica, luego de su inserción violenta dentro de la economía extractiva. Se cree que los …

The Amazon Basin–the world's largest river system–is home to an extremely high linguistic
diversity (rivaled only by the island of New Guinea). It comprises around 350 extant …

This study examines language ideologies and communicative practices in the multilingual
Vaupés region of northwestern Amazonia. Following a comparative overview of the Vaupés …

MAZONIA is the largest biome in South America and, although often considered an
untouched environment in the popular imagination, its landscapes have been modified by …

This article explores and compares multilingualism in small-scale societies of Western Africa
and Lowland South America. All are characterized by complex and extensive multilingual …