Australian languages : classification and the comparative method /
This book addresses controversial issues in the application of the comparative method to the languages of Australia which have recently come to international prominence. Are these languages 'different' in ways that challenge the fundamental assumptions of historical linguistics? Can subgro...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2004.
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| Series: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ;
v. 249. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=148617 |
Table of Contents:
- AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGES; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; CONTENTS; in memoriam, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; MAP; CONTRIBUTORS' ADDRESSES; FOREWORD; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. A METHODOLOGICAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN LINGUISTIC CLASSIFICATION; 3. PAMA-NYUNGAN AS A GENETIC ENTITY; 4. THE COHERENCE AND DISTINCTIVENESS OF PAMA-NYUNGAN; 5. PAMA-NYUNGAN: PHONOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION AND STATUS AS A PHYLOGENETIC GROUP; 6. THE ARANDIC SUBGROUP OF AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGES; 7. THE NGUMPIN-YAPA SUBGROUP; 8. THURA-YURA AS A SUBGROUP; 9. THE YARLI LANGUAGES; 10. EVOLUTION OF THE VERB CONJUGATIONS IN THE NGARNA LANGUAGES.