Walter de Gruyter
Proto-Australian : Reconstruction of a Common Ancestor Language
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9783111421445
ISBN13:
9783111421445
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$135.15
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.
| Author: Mark Harvey, Robert Mailhammer |
| Publisher: Walter de Gruyter |
| Publication Date: Aug 19, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: NA pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 3111421449 |
| ISBN-13: 9783111421445 |
Proto-Australian : Reconstruction of a Common Ancestor Language
$135.15
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.
| Author: Mark Harvey, Robert Mailhammer |
| Publisher: Walter de Gruyter |
| Publication Date: Aug 19, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: NA pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 3111421449 |
| ISBN-13: 9783111421445 |
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