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Title: Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian)
Condition: New
Subtitle: Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary
ISBN-10: 0520097998
EAN: 9780520097995
ISBN: 9780520097995
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 30/08/1995
Description: 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Width: 33mm
Item Weight: 1089g
Author: Christopher Ehret
Genre: Language & Reference
Book Series: UC Publications in Linguistics
Release Year: 1995

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