Proto-Australian : Reconstruction of a Common Ancestor Language - Mark Harvey - Books - De Gruyter - 9783111421445 - August 19, 2024
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Proto-Australian : Reconstruction of a Common Ancestor Language

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This book is the first full evaluation of the Proto-Australian hypothesis, which proposes that most Australian languages have a common ancestor: Proto-Australian [PA]. Using the standard methodologies of historical linguistics, the authors show that nearly all Australian languages descend from PA. Given that PA was a single language, it was spoken only in a small area of Australia.

Its descendants have spread across the continent. Current theories of language spread do not offer clear motivations for large-scale spread in hunter-gatherer economies. This raises significant questions for analyses of Australian prehistory and archaeology specifically, and more widely for general theories of hunter-gatherer prehistory and language spread.

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Released August 19, 2024
ISBN13 9783111421445
Publishers De Gruyter
Pages 502
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   952 g

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