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A History of the Study of the Indigenous Languages of North America
Marcin Kilarski
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 129] 2021
► pp. 225–274

Chapter 6
Cherokee verbs for washing

Article outline
  • 6.1Introduction
  • 6.2Cherokee verbs for washing: The life cycle of the example
    • 6.2.1Introduction
    • 6.2.2Origin (1818–c.1860)
    • 6.2.3Propagation (c.1860–c.1950)
    • 6.2.4Exposition and status quo (1952–present)
  • 6.3Images of languages and speakers
    • 6.3.1Introduction
    • 6.3.2Images of languages
      • 6.3.2.1Methodological issues
      • 6.3.2.2Abstract terms in ‘primitive’ languages
      • 6.3.2.3Abstract terms and the Cherokee example
    • 6.3.3Images of speakers
  • 6.4Concluding observations
  • Notes