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Proto-Australian: Reconstruction of a Common Ancestor Language
By (author) Mark Harvey, By (author) Robert Mailhammer
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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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Publisher | De Gruyter
Published date | 19 Aug 2024
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 502
Dimensions | 230 x 155 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 849g
ISBN | 978-3-1114-2144-5
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