The Lost Notebook of Robert Burkitt, Maya Linguist: A Record of Languages of Ancient Guatemala

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Born in Ireland and educated in North The us, Burkitt (1869-1945) spent three post-university years working in Boston as a surveyor before traveling to Central The us. There he started his long career as an archaeologist and linguist, all over which time he compiled a lot of notebooks documenting the languages of Guatemala. Only four notebooks have survived; found out in 1979, they’re held on the U. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. They supply linguistic, cultural, and historical scholars with detailed analysis of the vocabulary, phonology, grammar, and cultural meanings of six Maya languages, including information on diverse dialects for every language, in addition to an extensive comparative word list. Weeks and Danien (both U. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) provide an introductory essay on Burkitt’s work and notes in the beginning of every chapter explaining the background of the languages. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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