Fundaments of Austronesian Roots and Etymology
Author: E. M. Kempler Cohen
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13:
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A Dictionary of Austronesian Monosyllabic Roots (Submorphemes)
Author: Robert Blust
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2022-06-06
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 3110781778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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
Author: Michael A. B. Deakin
Publisher: Aust Council for Ed Research
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 0864317573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooks 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
Author: James J. Fox
Publisher: ANU E Press
Published: 2006-10-01
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1920942874
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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
Author: R. A. Blust
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 902723020X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince 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.
The Austronesians
Author: Peter Bellwood
Publisher: ANU E Press
Published: 2006-09-01
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 1920942858
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Austronesian-speaking population of the world are estimated to number more than 270 million people, living in a broad swathe around half the globe, from Madagascar to Easter Island and from Taiwan to New Zealand. The seventeen papers in this volume provide a general survey of these diverse populations focusing on their common origins and historical transformations. The papers examine current ideas on the linguistics, prehistory, anthropology and recorded history of the Austronesians.
Austronesian Root Theory
Author: Robert A. Blust
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1988-01-01
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9027282099
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the pioneering analyses of Renward Brandstetter (1860–1942) 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.
The Austronesian Languages
Author: R. A. Blust
Publisher: Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Stu
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 864
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia
Author: Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-03-15
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780521788793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe power of an anthropological approach to long-term history lies in its unique ability to combine diverse evidence, from archaeological artifacts to ethnographic texts and comparative word lists. In this innovative book, Kirch and Green explicitly develop the theoretical underpinnings, as well as the particular methods, for such a historical anthropology. Drawing upon and integrating the approaches of archaeology, comparative ethnography, and historical linguistics, they advance a phylogenetic model for cultural diversification, and apply a triangulation method for historical reconstruction. They illustrate their approach through meticulous application to the history of the Polynesian cultures, and for the first time reconstruct in extensive detail the Ancestral Polynesian culture that flourished in the Polynesian homeland - Hawaiki - some 2,500 years ago. Of great significance for Oceanic studies, Kirch and Green's book will be essential reading for any anthropologist, prehistorian, linguist, or cultural historian concerned with the theory and method of long-term history.
