Toward Proto-Nostratic : a new approach to the comparison of Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Afroasiatic /
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| Author / Creator: | Bomhard, Allan R. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1984. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (x, 356 pages). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 27 Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 27. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11279104 |
| Summary: | This book represents the culmination of the author's work to date - it incorporates and updates previous articles and adds much new material. This book is not - nor was it ever intended to be - a comparative grammar of either the Indo-European or the Afroasiatic language families. It is, rather, a comparison of Proto-Indo-European with Proto-Afroasiatic. While this is not the first attempt to demonstrate that Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Afroasiatic are genetically related, it is the first to use the radical revision of the Proto-Indo-European consonantal system proposed by Thomas V. Gamkrelidze, Paul J. Hopper, and Vjačeslav V. Ivanov. Moreover, unlike previous endeavors, this is the first to make extensive use of data from the non-Semitic branches of Afroasiatic. The assumptions underlying this investigation of the possibility of the common genetic origin of Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Afroasiatic differ considerably from the assumptions made in other works on "Nostratic"; the methodological approach followed in this monograph has been one of rigorous adherence to the time-honored principles of comparative reconstruction. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 356 pages). |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-315) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027280169 9027280169 9027235198 9789027235190 |