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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書誌詳細
団体著者: International Conference on Historical Linguistics Melbourne, Vic.
その他の著者: Bowern, Claire, 1977-, Koch, Harold James
フォーマット: Licensed eBooks
言語:英語
出版事項: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2004.
シリーズ:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 249.
オンライン・アクセス:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=148617
目次:
  • 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.