Diachronic Toponomastics and Etymology: Epistemological Proposals According to the New Convergence Theory

• Main Author: Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Indo-European Etymological Reconstruction; Pre-Proto-Indo-European; Diachronic Topono-mastics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80509; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40688; https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=216339
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper introduces the basic principles of the New Convergence Theory (NCT) in the field of Indo-European Linguistics. The first part is inherent in a brief evaluation of the current approaches to Indo-European origins and Etymology and in the theoretical explanation of the NCT’s epistemological...