Handbook of American Indian Languages
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The *Handbook of American Indian Languages* is a foundational early 20th-century linguistic work that systematically documents and analyzes numerous Indigenous languages of the Americas.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Handbook of American Indian Languages Context triple: [Franz Boas, notableWork, Handbook of American Indian Languages]
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A.
Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project
The Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project is a community-driven initiative to revive and teach the ancestral Wampanoag language after generations of dormancy.
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B.
Hokan languages
Hokan languages are a proposed but controversial grouping of several Native American language families of the western United States and Mexico that share certain typological and lexical similarities.
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C.
Wampanoag language
The Wampanoag language is an Algonquian Native American language of the northeastern United States that has been the focus of significant revitalization efforts after having no native speakers for many generations.
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D.
Maricopa language
Maricopa language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Maricopa people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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E.
Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages are a large family of Indigenous languages of North America historically spoken from the Atlantic Coast to the Great Plains, including well-known languages such as Ojibwe, Cree, and Wampanoag.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Handbook of American Indian Languages Target entity description: The *Handbook of American Indian Languages* is a foundational early 20th-century linguistic work that systematically documents and analyzes numerous Indigenous languages of the Americas.
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A.
Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project
The Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project is a community-driven initiative to revive and teach the ancestral Wampanoag language after generations of dormancy.
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B.
Hokan languages
Hokan languages are a proposed but controversial grouping of several Native American language families of the western United States and Mexico that share certain typological and lexical similarities.
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C.
Wampanoag language
The Wampanoag language is an Algonquian Native American language of the northeastern United States that has been the focus of significant revitalization efforts after having no native speakers for many generations.
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D.
Maricopa language
Maricopa language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Maricopa people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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E.
Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages are a large family of Indigenous languages of North America historically spoken from the Atlantic Coast to the Great Plains, including well-known languages such as Ojibwe, Cree, and Wampanoag.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
language survey
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linguistics book ⓘ reference work ⓘ |
| aim | to document and analyze Indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ |
| approach |
comparative
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descriptive ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Boasian linguistics ⓘ |
| author | Franz Boas ⓘ |
| citationForm |
Handbook of American Indian Languages
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surface form:
Boas, Franz (ed.). Handbook of American Indian Languages.
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| contains |
grammatical sketches of individual Indigenous languages
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morphological analyses ⓘ phonological descriptions ⓘ syntactic descriptions ⓘ text samples in Indigenous languages ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editor | Franz Boas ⓘ |
| era | pre-structuralist linguistics ⓘ |
| field |
American Indian linguistics
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descriptive linguistics ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| firstVolumePublicationYear | 1911 ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Central America
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North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| hasContributor | various field linguists and ethnographers ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Handbook of American Indian Languages
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surface form:
Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 1
Handbook of American Indian Languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 2
Handbook of American Indian Languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 3
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| influenced |
later classifications of Native American languages
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structural linguistics in North America ⓘ |
| institutionalContext | Bureau of American Ethnology research program ⓘ |
| isConsidered | classic of Americanist linguistics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
foundational work in American Indian linguistics
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systematic description of numerous American Indian languages ⓘ |
| publicationSeries |
Bureau of American Ethnology
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surface form:
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
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| publisher |
Bureau of American Ethnology
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Smithsonian Institution ⓘ |
| secondVolumePublicationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| subject |
Indigenous languages of the Americas
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Native American languages ⓘ grammatical description ⓘ language classification ⓘ |
| thirdVolumePublicationYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| volumeCount | 3 ⓘ |
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Handbook of American Indian Languages
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Handbook of American Indian Languages
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Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 1
Handbook of American Indian Languages
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Handbook of American Indian Languages
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this entity surface form:
Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 2
Handbook of American Indian Languages
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Handbook of American Indian Languages
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Handbook of American Indian Languages, Volume 3
Handbook of American Indian Languages
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Handbook of American Indian Languages
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Boas, Franz (ed.). Handbook of American Indian Languages.
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The Chimariko Indians and Language
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The Languages of the South American Indians