Fundaments of Austronesian Roots and Etymology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fundaments of Austronesian Roots and Etymology write by E. M. Kempler Cohen. This book was released on 1999. Fundaments of Austronesian Roots and Etymology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Dictionary of Austronesian Monosyllabic Roots (Submorphemes)
A Dictionary of Austronesian Monosyllabic Roots (Submorphemes) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Dictionary of Austronesian Monosyllabic Roots (Submorphemes) write by Robert Blust. This book was released on 2022-06-06. A Dictionary of Austronesian Monosyllabic Roots (Submorphemes) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book documents an understudied phenomenon in Austronesian languages, namely the existence of recurrent submorphemic sound-meaning associations of the general form -CVC. It fills a critical gap in scholarship on these languages by bringing together a large body of data in one place, and by discussing some of the theoretical issues that arise in analyzing this data. Following an introduction which presents the topic, it includes a critical review of the relevant literature over the past century, and discussions of the following: 1. problems in finding the root (the "needle in the haystack" problem), 2. root ambiguity, 3. controls on chance as an interfering factor, 4. unrecognized morphology as a possible factor in duplicating evidence, 5. the shape/structure of the root, 6. referents of roots, 7. the origin of roots, 8. the problem of distinguishing false cognates produced by convergence in root-bearing morphemes from legitimate comparisons resulting from divergent descent, and 9. the problem of explaining how submorphemes are transmitted across generations of speakers independently of the morphemes that host them. The remainder of the book consists of a list of sources for the 197 languages from which data is drawn, followed by the roots with supporting evidence, a short appendix, and references.
The Name of the Number
The Name of the Number - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Name of the Number write by Michael A. B. Deakin. This book was released on 2007. The Name of the Number available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Looks at the history and anthropology of the expression of numbers throughout the ages and across different cultures. It deals with the different ways that number representation has been structured, the history and prehistory of number concepts, and the evolution of numerical representation (in word and symbol). These themes are explored through the various expressions of number-concepts in different cultures in different places and times.
Origins, Ancestry and Alliance
Origins, Ancestry and Alliance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Origins, Ancestry and Alliance write by James J. Fox. This book was released on 2006-10-01. Origins, Ancestry and Alliance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This collection of papers, the third in a series of volumes on the work of the Comparative Austronesian Project, explores indigenous Austronesian ideas of origin, ancestry and alliance and considers the comparative significance of these ideas in social practice. The papers examine social practice in a diverse range of societies extending from insular Southeast Asia to the islands of the Pacific.
Austronesian Root Theory
Austronesian Root Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Austronesian Root Theory write by R. A. Blust. This book was released on 1988. Austronesian Root Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since the pioneering analyses of Renward Brandstetter (18601942) a quasi-morphological element called the 'root' has been recognized in Austronesian linguistics. This monograph confronts many of the methodological and substantive issues raised but never fully resolved by Brandstetter. In an effort to reassess the value of his work for contemporary linguistics the author examines Brandstetter's methods and results, and applies a modified from of this approach to new material. The study establishes 230 roots based on more than 2,560 root tokens in some 117 languages. It is thus intended to serve as a rudimentary root dictionary and a basic handbook on the subject of the root for future scholars of Austronesian.
