@inbook{036b9e7c29e84555a2f5b306e9ad098e,
title = "Language diversity, contact and change in the Americas: The model of Filippo Salvatore Gilij (1721–1789)",
abstract = "Filippo Salvatore Gilij (1721–1789) was a Jesuit priest and scholar who is known in linguistic circles primarily as the discoverer of several South American language families and as an astute observer of various linguistic phenomena. In his Saggio di storia americana (1780–1784), Gilij focuses on two linguistic phenomena: (1) Language change and the effect upon it of language contact. (2) The roots of both linguistic diversity and similarities as evinced by Amerindian languages. This paper explores Gilij{\textquoteright}s observations on language and the influence exerted on his thinking by the work of earlier scholars. His model can be characterized as a hybrid of religious ideas and modern linguistic theory, with language contact as a major component in both.",
keywords = "language change, language contact, linguistic diversity, Amerindian languages",
author = "Matthias Pache and Arjan Mossel and Adelaar, \{Willem F.H.\}",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1075/slcs.185.17pac",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789027259509",
series = "Studies in Language Companion Series",
publisher = "John Benjamins",
pages = "355--383",
editor = "Karen Dakin and Claudia Parodi and Natalie Operstein",
booktitle = "Language Contact and Change in Mesoamerica and Beyond",
address = "Netherlands",
}