Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative MethodClaire Bowern, Harold James Koch John Benjamins Publishing, 2004 - Počet stran: 377 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 subgrouping be successfully undertaken using the Comparative Method? Is the genetic construct of a far-flung 'Pama-Nyungan' language family supportable by classic methods of reconstruction? Contrary to increasingly established views of the Australian scene, this book makes a major contribution to the demonstration that traditional methods can indeed be applied to these languages. These studies, introduced by chapters on subgrouping methodology and the history of Australian linguistic classification, rigorously apply the comparative method to establishing subgroups among Australian languages and justifying the phonology of Proto-Pama-Nyungan. Individual chapters can profitably be read either for their contribution to Australian linguistic prehistory or as case studies in the application of the comparative method. Contributions by: B. Alpher; B. Baker; C. Bowern; C. Bowern & H. Koch; G. Breen; L. Campbell; I. Green & R. Nordlinger; L. Hercus & P. Austin; H. Koch; P. McConvell & M. Laughren; L. Miceli; G. O'Grady & K. L. Hale; J. Simpson & L. Hercus. |
Obsah
A methodological history of Australian linguistic classification | 17 |
PamaNyungan as a genetic entity | 61 |
phonological reconstruction and status | 93 |
The Arandic subgroup of Australian languages | 127 |
The NgumpinYapa subgroup | 151 |
ThuraYura as a subgroup | 179 |
The Yarli languages | 207 |
Evolution of the verb conjugations in the Ngarna languages | 223 |
The failure of the evidence of shared innovations in Cape York Peninsula | 241 |
Diagnostic similarities and differences between Nyulnyulan | 269 |
Revisiting ProtoMirndi | 291 |
Stem forms and paradigm reshaping in Gunwinyguan | 313 |
341 | |
365 | |
Další vydání - Zobrazit všechny
Běžně se vyskytující výrazy a sousloví
Adnyamathanha Alpher apical Arandic Arandic languages attested Australian languages Barngarla borrowing Bowern Breen Canberra Cape York Peninsula Capell classification clitic cognate conjugation correspondences Dative dialect diffusion Dixon ergative etyma evidence example forms genetic GN languages grammatical Hale Hercus inflection initial consonants Irrealis Jingulu Kanyara Karajarri Karnic Karnic languages Kaurna Kaytetye Kimberley Koch Kuuk Thaayorre laminal lenition lexical lexicostatistical linguistic Locative Malyangapa marker Marrngu Mirndi morpheme morphology Narangga nasal Ngalakgan and Rembarrnga Ngandi Ngayarta Ngkn Ngumpin non-Pama-Nyungan Northern Paman noun Nyulnyulan languages Nyungic languages O'Grady Paakantyi Pama-Nyungan languages Paman languages paradigms phonological plural PNGP prefixes pronominal pronouns proto-language proto-Mirndi proto-NGY reconstructed reflexes Rembarrnga Rmba shared innovations similar singular sound changes stem subgroup suffix syllable Table Thura-Yura TY languages Uradhi verb vocabulary Voegelin Wadikali Walmajarri Warlpiri Warluwarric Western Wirangu words Wubuy Wurm Yanyuwa Yardliyawara Yarli languages Yir-Yoront