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Language: English
Published by De Gruyter Mouton, 2024
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- Title
- Proto-Australian: Reconstruction of a Common Ancestor Language (Studies in Language Change [SLC], 24) Harvey, Mark; Mailhammer, Robert
- Author
- Harvey, Mark; Mailhammer, Robert
- Publisher
- De Gruyter Mouton
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- gut
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 3111421449
- ISBN 13
- 9783111421445
- Edition
- 2024.
- Item weight
- 2,000 grams
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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About the Author
Mark Harvey, University of Newcastle. Callaghan Australia; Robert Mailhammer, Western Sydney University, Australia.
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