Nostratic : sifting the evidence / / edited by Joseph C. Salmons, Brian D. Joseph
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| Titolo: |
Nostratic : sifting the evidence / / edited by Joseph C. Salmons, Brian D. Joseph
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1998 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 410 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nostratic hypothesis |
| Altri autori: |
SalmonsJoe <1956->
JosephBrian D
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| Note generali: | Based on papers presented at the 2nd Workshop on Comparative Linguistics which was held at Eastern Michigan University, Fall 1993. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 ALTAIC |
| REGULAR SOUND CORRESPONDENCESAND LONG-DISTANCE GENETIC COMPARISONSUBJECT INDEX; LANGUAGE INDEX | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The "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 gen |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Nostratic |
| ISBN: | 1-283-31233-6 |
| 9786613312334 | |
| 90-272-7571-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815240003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 142.