Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian) - Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary

Klappentext This work provides the first truly comprehensive and systematic reconstruction of proto-Afroasiatic (proto-Afrasian). It rigorously applies! throughout! the established canon and techniques of the historical-comparative method. It also fully incorporates the most up-to-date evidence from the distinctive African branches of the family! Cushitic! Chadic! and Omotic. Using concrete and specific evidence and argument! the author proposes full vowel and consonant reconstructions and a provisional reckoning of tone. Each aspect of these reconstructions is substantiated in detail in an extensive etymological vocabulary of more than 1000 roots. The results! while confirming some previous views on proto-Afroasiatic (proto-Afrasian)! revise or overturn many others! and add much that is new. Zusammenfassung This work provides a systematic and comprehensive reconstruction of proto-Afroasiatic. The book applies throughout the established canon and techniques of the historical-comparative method and incorporates up-to-date evidence from the distinctive African branches of the family.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Ehret, Ehret Christopher
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.1995
• EAN: 9780520097995
• ISBN: 978-0-520-09799-5
• No. of pages: 575
• Series: Voices from Asia; UC Publications in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Historical & comparative linguistics, African Languages, Historical and comparative linguistics