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. |
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Other Authors: | University of California, Berkeley |
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Language: | English |
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2024
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178025 |
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