Cushitic Lexicon and Phonology
This book contains a concise reconstruction of lexical and phonological proto-forms for various stages in the development of Cushitic languages, the largest branch within the Afro-Asiatic phylum. It is based on the comparative method of historical linguistics, using sound correspondences as major device for the identification of cognates.
This book contains a concise reconstruction of lexical and phonological proto-forms for various stages in the development of Cushitic languages, the largest branch within the Afro-Asiatic phylum. It is based on the comparative method of historical linguistics, using sound correspondences as major device for the identification of cognates.
| Autor: | Bender, M. Lionel |
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| ISBN: | 9783631600894 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 222 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Hudson, Grover |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften |
| Veröffentlicht: | 21.11.2019 |
| Untertitel: | Edited by Grover Hudson |
| Schlagworte: | Afrasian Bender Cushitic Edited Grover Hudson Lexicon comparative method genetic classification linguistic reconstruction |
M. Lionel Bender (1934-2008) was Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale/USA. He made many important contributions in the areas of Cushitic and Amharic, the Ethiopian language area in general, and especially classification and reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan and Omotic.