Details
Proto-Australian
Reconstruction of a Common Ancestor LanguageStudies in Language Change [SLC], Band 24 1. Aufl.
109,95 € |
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Verlag: | De Gruyter |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 19.08.2024 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9783111422206 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 502 |
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Beschreibungen
<p>This book is the first full evaluation of the Proto-Australian hypothesis, which proposes that most Australian languages have a common ancestor: Proto-Australian [PA]. Using the standard methodologies of historical linguistics, the authors show that nearly all Australian languages descend from PA. Given that PA was a single language, it was spoken only in a small area of Australia. Its descendants have spread across the continent. Current theories of language spread do not offer clear motivations for large-scale spread in hunter-gatherer economies. This raises significant questions for analyses of Australian prehistory and archaeology specifically, and more widely for general theories of hunter-gatherer prehistory and language spread. </p>
<p><strong>Mark Harvey</strong>, University of Newcastle. Callaghan Australia; <strong>Robert Mailhammer</strong>, Western Sydney University, Australia. </p>
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