Greenberg's book "Language in the Americas"

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Greenberg's book "Language in the Americas" is a controversial 1987 linguistic work that proposes a single large Amerind macro-family uniting most indigenous languages of the Americas.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
linguistics monograph ⓘ
addressesQuestion whether most American Indian languages share a common ancestor ⓘ
associatedWith long-range comparison in linguistics ⓘ
macro-family hypotheses ⓘ
author Joseph H. Greenberg ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Greenberg
authorAffiliation Stanford University ⓘ
claims most Native American languages belong to one macro-family ⓘ
classificationScope Central American indigenous languages ⓘ
North American indigenous languages ⓘ
South American indigenous languages ⓘ
controversial true ⓘ
controversyInvolves Americanist linguistics community ⓘ
countryOfPublication United States ⓘ
criticizedFor insufficient application of the comparative method ⓘ
methodological weaknesses ⓘ
reliance on mass comparison of word lists ⓘ
excludes Eskimo–Aleut language family ⓘ
Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
fieldReception widely rejected by most historical linguists ⓘ
focusesOn indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
genre academic non-fiction ⓘ
hasNotableConcept Amerind superstock ⓘ
classification of Native American language families into a single macro-family ⓘ
hasReception frequently cited as an example of disputed long-range linguistic classification ⓘ
hasReputation highly controversial work in historical linguistics ⓘ
impactOnDiscipline stimulated critical discussion of methods in language classification ⓘ
inAcademicDebateSince late 1980s ⓘ
influenced subsequent debates on long-range language classification ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Amerindian languages ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
language classification ⓘ
methodologicalApproach comparison of basic vocabulary items ⓘ
methodology mass lexical comparison ⓘ
proposes Amerind macro-family ⓘ
single genetic grouping for most indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
publicationYear 1987 ⓘ
publisher Stanford University Press ⓘ
relatedWork Greenberg's Eurasiatic hypothesis ⓘ
scholarlyConsensus Amerind macro-family not accepted ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed prehistory of the Americas ⓘ
topic genetic relationships among indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
usesDataFrom Native American language vocabularies ⓘ

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Amerind (linguistic macro-family hypothesis) → publicationContext → Greenberg's book "Language in the Americas" ⓘ
Greenberg's classification of Native American languages → notablePublication → Language in the Americas ⓘ
linked to: Greenberg's book "Language in the Americas"