Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages, with Words, Phrases, and Sentences to Be Collected
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Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages, with Words, Phrases, and Sentences to Be Collected is a work by John Wesley Powell. Powell, an American explorer, geologist, and ethnologist, is known for his expeditions along the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.1
His book, published in 1877, was a guide for collecting linguistic data from Indigenous languages. This work contributed to the field of anthropological linguistics, which studies the connection between language and culture, particularly for languages without written records. Powell's efforts were instrumental in the early linguistic surveys of North America's Indigenous tongues.12
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