The Nostratic Macrofamily : A Study in Distant Linguistic Relationship / Allan R. Bomhard, John C. Kerns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bomhard, Allan R., author.

Kerns, John C., author.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 74.

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nostratic hypothesis.

Comparative linguistics.

Proto-Indo-European language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (946 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "The Nostratic Macrofamily".

Contents:

Frontmatter

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. Preliminary Remarks

1.2. Methodology

1.3. Critique of Moscovite Views on Nostratic

1.4. A Survey of the Nostratic Languages

1.5. Problems of Subgrouping

2. COMPARATIVE PHONOLOGY OF THE NOSTRATIC LANGUAGES (WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON INDO-EUROPEAN)

2.1. Changing Views on Proto-Indo-European Phonology

2.2. The Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals

2.3. Root Structure Patterning in Proto-Indo-European

2.4. Remarks on the Proto-Indo-European Consonant System

2.5. The Proto-Indo-European Vowel System

2.6. Accentuation and Ablaut in Proto-Indo-European

2.7. Proto-Kartvelian (South Caucasian)

2.8. The Proto-Kartvelian Vowel System

2.9. Root Structure Patterning in Proto-Kartvelian

2.10. The Proto-Afroasiatic Consonant System

2.11. The Proto-Afroasiatic Vowel System

2.12. Root Structure Patterning in Proto-Afroasiatic

2.13. Uralic-Yukaghir

2.14. Root Structure Patterning in Proto-Uralic

2.15. Elamo-Dravidian

2.16. Root Structure Patterning in Proto-Dravidian

2.17. Altaic

2.18. Root Structure Patterning in Proto-Altaic

2.19. Sumerian

2.20. Proto-Nostratic

2.21. Root Structure Patterning in Proto-Nostratic

2.22. Correspondences

2.23. From Proto-Nostratic to Proto-Indo-European

3. NOSTRATIC MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX (John C. Kerns)

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Scope of Discussion

3.3. The Pre-Neolithic Background

3.4. Morphology and Syntax

3.5. Nostratic Grammar

3.6. Conclusions

4. COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY OF THE NOSTRATIC LANGUAGES

4.1. Introductory Remarks

4.2. Proto-Nostratic *b

4.3. Proto-Nostratic *p[h]

4.4. Proto-Nostratic *d

4.5. Proto-Nostratic *t[h]

4.6. Proto-Nostratic *tl

4.7. Proto-Nostratic *dy

4.8. Proto-Nostratic *ty[h]

4.9. Proto-Nostratic *t'y

4.10. Proto-Nostratic *sy

4.11. Proto-Nostratic *dz

4.12. Proto-Nostratic *ts[h]

4.13. Proto-Nostratic *ts'

4.14. Proto-Nostratic *s

4.15. Proto-Nostratic *tl[h]

4.16. Proto-Nostratic *tl'

4.17. Proto-Nostratic *g

4.18. Proto-Nostratic *k[h]

4.19. Proto-Nostratic *k'

4.20. Proto-Nostratic *gy

4.21. Proto-Nostratic *ky[h]

4.22. Proto-Nostratic *k'y

4.23. Proto-Nostratic *gw

4.24. Proto-Nostratic *kw[h]

4.25. Proto-Nostratic *k'w

4.26. Proto-Nostratic *G

4.27. Proto-Nostratic *q[h]

4.28. Proto-Nostratic *q'

4.29. Proto-Nostratic *q'w

4.30. Proto-Nostratic *ʕ

4.31. Proto-Nostratic *ħ

4.32. Proto-Nostratic *ʔ

4.33. Proto-Nostratic *h

4.34. Proto-Nostratic *y

4.35. Proto-Nostratic *w

4.36. Proto-Nostratic *m

4.37. Proto-Nostratic *n

4.38. Proto-Nostratic *ny

4.39. Proto-Nostratic *l

4.40. Proto-Nostratic *r

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Index Verborum

Subject Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9783110875645

3110875640

OCLC:

979955471