The present state of PST/PTB reconstruction: can we even write a fable in Proto-Lolo-Burmese?

How much can we really recover from the past history of languages? What do we mean when we claim to have "reconstructed a proto-language"? In sober moments, all historical linguists have to admit that a "proto-language" is at best only a pale reflection of a real living language...

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Main Author: Matisoff, James A.
Other Authors: University of California, Berkeley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178025
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English