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Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian): Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary Volume 126

Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian): Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary Volume 126

Ehret, Christopher

Paperback

Series: Uc Publications in Linguistics, Book 126

ArabicLiterary CriticismLinguistics

ISBN10: 0520097998
ISBN13: 9780520097995
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Aug 30 1995
Pages: 575
Weight: 2.44
Height: 1.32 Width: 6.98 Depth: 9.90
Language: English
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.

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