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Proto-Australian

Proto-Australian

Reconstruction of a Common Ancestor Language
Studies in Language Change [SLC], Band 24 1. Aufl.

von: Mark Harvey, Robert Mailhammer

109,95 €

Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 19.08.2024
ISBN/EAN: 9783111422206
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 502

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Titelbeschreibung

<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>

Autorenportrait

<p><strong>Mark Harvey</strong>, University of Newcastle. Callaghan Australia; <strong>Robert Mailhammer</strong>, Western Sydney University, Australia. </p>

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