Linguistic Stratigraphy

1. Linguistic stratigraphy, or how to recover traces of lost languages2. The Central Andean linguistic landscape through time and the Quechuan language family2.1. The ever-changing cultural and linguistic landscapes of the Central Andes2.2. Quechua today2.3. The classification of Quechua2.4. The Quechua expansion2.5. The non-Quechua linguistic diversity3. Evidence and methods for investigating substratal languages3.1. Introduction3.2. Toponyms and anthroponyms3.3 Substrate influence3.4 Substrate vocabulary3.5. Extralinguistic evidence3.6. Summary4. The Aymara presence in Southern Peru4.1. Introduction4.2. Toponymy4.3. Substrate effects4.4. Substrate vocabulary4.5. Perspectives from outside linguistics4.6. Summary5. The Barbacoan languages and the southern Ecuadorian highlands5.1. Introduction5.2. Toponymy5.2.1. Characteristic toponymy of Cañar and Azuay5.2.2. Continuous northward extensions of Cañar and Azuay toponymic endings5.2.3. Noncontinuous northward extensions of Cañar and Azuay toponymic endings to the Ecuadorian-Colombian border5.2.4. Northward extensions of phonological characteristics of Cañar and Azuay toponyms5.3. Substrate effects5.4. Substrate vocabulary5.5. Summary6. Chachapoyas6.1. Introduction6.2. Toponymy6.3. Substrate effects6.4. Substrate vocabulary6.5. Perspectives from outside linguistics6.6. Summary7. Synopsis and conclusionReferences

Matthias Urban is principal investigator of the Junior Research Group "The language dynamics of the ancient Central Andes", hosted by the University of Tübingen and funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)'s Emmy Noether Programme. Having held prior appointments at the universities of Leiden, Marburg, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, his research interests include historical linguistics, in particular of the Andes, language contact, and linguistic typology.