The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan
by Laughlin, Robert M
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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About This Item
Washington, D. C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Folio. xii, 598, [3] pp. Smithsonian Contributors to Anthropology, Number 19. With 5 figures and 5 foldout maps and 6 tables. Includes atlas, appendix and references. Laughlin's introduction explains his eliciting techniques including aerial survey maps to establish place names and a system to present ethnographical context for the vocabulary within each identified root. Inscribed to Charles Bell and his wife on the ffep: "For Danny and Charles, 'What is bigger than an elephant? But this also is become man's plaything and a spectacle at public solemnities, and it learns to skip, dance and kneel.' Bob" From the library of Charles Bell. Bell, a writer, poet and scholar, grew up in Greenville, Mississippi with Walker Percy and Shelby Foote. His first novel, The Married Land (1962), was praised by William Carlos Williams. His works include three volumes of poetry, two novels, and an audio-visual opus, "Symbolic History." With Bell's name on front board. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.
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- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4390BT
- Title
- The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan
- Author
- Laughlin, Robert M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- Folio
- Keywords
- Tzotzil language- Dictionaries-English, English language- Dictionaries-Tzotzil
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books in Languages Other Than English; Native American History & Culture; Anthropology/Sociology;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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