Nostratic : sifting the evidence / edited by Joseph C. Salmons, Brian D. Joseph.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Salmons, Joe, 1956-

Joseph, Brian D.

Conference Name:

Workshop on Comparative Linguistics (2nd : 1993 : Eastern Michigan University)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 142.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 142

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nostratic hypothesis--Congresses.

Nostratic hypothesis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Based on papers presented at the 2nd Workshop on Comparative Linguistics which was held at Eastern Michigan University, Fall 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31233-6

9786613312334

90-272-7571-8

OCLC:

759101592