Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian) : Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary Paperback / softback
by Christopher Ehret
Part of the UC Publications in Linguistics series
Paperback / softback
Description
This work provides the first truly comprehensive and systematic reconstruction of proto-Afroasiatic (proto-Afrasian).
It rigorously applies, throughout, the established canon and techniques of the historical-comparative method.
It also fully incorporates the most up-to-date evidence from the distinctive African branches of the family, Cushitic, Chadic, and Omotic.
Using concrete and specific evidence and argument, the author proposes full vowel and consonant reconstructions and a provisional reckoning of tone.
Each aspect of these reconstructions is substantiated in detail in an extensive etymological vocabulary of more than 1000 roots.
The results, while confirming some previous views on proto-Afroasiatic (proto-Afrasian), revise or overturn many others, and add much that is new.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:575 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:30/08/1995
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- ISBN:9780520097995
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:575 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:30/08/1995
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520097995
