Proto-Australian
de Gruyter Mouton (Verlag)
978-3-11-142144-5 (ISBN)
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.
Mark Harvey, University of Newcastle. Callaghan Australia; Robert Mailhammer, Western Sydney University, Australia.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.07.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Language Change [SLC] ; 24 |
| Zusatzinfo | 6 b/w ill., 177 b/w tbl. |
| Verlagsort | Basel/Berlin/Boston |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 849 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| Schlagworte | Australian Languages • Australian Prehistory • Australische Geschichte • Australische Sprachen • Historical Linguistics • Historische Linguistik • Hunter-Gatherer Prehistory • language spread • Proto-Australian • Proto-Australisch • Verbreitung von Sprachen |
| ISBN-10 | 3-11-142144-9 / 3111421449 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-11-142144-5 / 9783111421445 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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