03331nam 2200601 a 450 991081524000332120240514051121.01-283-31233-6978661331233490-272-7571-8(CKB)2550000000064103(EBL)794808(OCoLC)759101592(SSID)ssj0001012822(PQKBManifestationID)11650153(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001012822(PQKBWorkID)11052898(PQKB)11494245(MiAaPQ)EBC794808(Au-PeEL)EBL794808(CaPaEBR)ebr10509523(EXLCZ)99255000000006410319980317d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNostratic sifting the evidence /edited by Joseph C. Salmons, Brian D. Joseph1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjaminsc19981 online resource (298 p.)Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory,0304-0763 ;v. 142Based on papers presented at the 2nd Workshop on Comparative Linguistics which was held at Eastern Michigan University, Fall 1993.90-272-3646-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.NOSTRATIC; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; SOME DRAFT PRINCIPLES FOR CLASSIFICATION; NOSTRATIC, EURASIATIC, AND INDO-EUROPEAN; THE CONVERGENCE OFEURASIATIC AND NOSTRATIC; EXPLORING THE NOSTRATIC HYPOTHESIS; INDO-EUROPEAN AND NOSTRATIC:SOME FURTHER COMMENTS(A RESPONSE TO""EXPLORING THE NOSTRATIC HYPOTHESIS""); NOSTRATIC: A PERSONAL ASSESSMENT; PROBABILISTIC EVIDENCE FOR INDO-URALIC; A PROBABILISTIC EVALUATIONOF NORTH EURASIATIC NOSTRATIC; RESPONSE TO OSWALT AND RINGE; THE IMPLICATIONS OF LISLAKH FOR NOSTRATIC; NOSTRATIC AND ALTAICREGULAR SOUND CORRESPONDENCESAND LONG-DISTANCE GENETIC COMPARISONSUBJECT INDEX; LANGUAGE INDEXThe "Nostratic" hypothesis - positing a common linguistic ancestor for a wide range of language families including Indo-European, Uralic, and Afro-Asiatic - has produced one of the most enduring and often intense controversies in linguistics. Overwhelmingly, though, both supporters of the hypothesis and those who reject it have not dealt directly with one another's arguments. This volume brings together selected representatives of both sides, as well as a number of agnostic historical linguists, with the aim of examining the evidence for this particular hypothesis in the context of distant genAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.Series IV,Current issues in linguistic theory ;v. 142.Nostratic hypothesisCongressesNostratic hypothesis410Salmons Joe1956-164723Joseph Brian D162683Workshop on Comparative Linguistics(2nd :1993 :Eastern Michigan University)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815240003321Nostratic4072756UNINA