04215nam 2201045Ia 450 991082268200332120220416010459.01-283-27732-897866132773290-520-94759-210.1525/9780520947597(CKB)2670000000068915(EBL)615599(OCoLC)701703913(SSID)ssj0000469969(PQKBManifestationID)11297589(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469969(PQKBWorkID)10531930(PQKB)10403524(OCoLC)704274118(MdBmJHUP)muse31079(DE-B1597)521082(OCoLC)1110719589(DE-B1597)9780520947597(Au-PeEL)EBL615599(CaPaEBR)ebr10447266(CaONFJC)MIL327732(MiAaPQ)EBC615599(EXLCZ)99267000000006891520100111d2011 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrHistory and the testimony of language[electronic resource] /Christopher EhretBerkeley University of California Pressc20111 online resource (289 p.)The California world history library ;16Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26205-0 0-520-26204-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --PART ONE. Evidence and Method --PART TWO. Applications --APPENDIX ONE. Outline Classification of Afrasian (Afroasiatic): diagnostic branch innovations --APPENDIX TWO. Proto-Afrasian and Proto-Erythraic subsistence --APPENDIX THREE. development of nilo-saharan Lexicons of Herding and Cultivation --APPENDIX FOUR. interpreting the Ethiosemitic Cognation Matrix --APPENDIX FIVE. Cushitic Loanwords in Ethiosemitic Core vocabulary --IndexThis book is about history and the practical power of language to reveal historical change. Christopher Ehret offers a methodological guide to applying language evidence in historical studies. He demonstrates how these methods allow us not only to recover the histories of time periods and places poorly served by written documentation, but also to enrich our understanding of well-documented regions and eras. A leading historian as well as historical linguist of Africa, Ehret provides in-depth examples from the language phyla of Africa, arguing that his comprehensive treatment can be applied by linguistically trained historians and historical linguists working with any language and in any area of the world.California world history library ;16.HistoryMethodologyLanguage and historySocial historyAfricaHistoryafrica.african classical age.african history.african languages.african linguistics.easy to read.engaging.historians.historical linguists.historical studies.historical study.historical.historiography.history of languages.history scholars.history.language and grammar.language phyla.language.linguistic history.linguistics.nonfiction guide.nonfiction.oral histories.political.power of language.world history.world languages.HistoryMethodology.Language and history.Social history.907.2Ehret Christopher243352MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822682003321History and the testimony of language4114341UNINA