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Word families, allofams, and the comparative method

Fellner, Hannes; Hill, Nathan W.

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Hannes Fellner



Abstract

Linguists researching the Trans-Himalayan family do not have a self-perception as working outside the mainstream of historical linguistics, but ‘word families’ and ‘allofams’ are important elements in their thinking despite the absence of these terms in the wider discipline. A close examination of the practice of historical linguistics in Indo-European and Trans-Himalayan leads to the conclusion that those phenomena treated as word families admit superior analyses in more traditional terms.

Citation

Fellner, H., & Hill, N. W. (2019). Word families, allofams, and the comparative method. Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, 48(2), 91-124. https://doi.org/10.1163/19606028-04802001

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 2, 2019
Online Publication Date Nov 27, 2019
Publication Date Nov 1, 2019
Deposit Date Dec 2, 2019
Publicly Available Date Dec 2, 2019
Journal Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale
Print ISSN 0153-3320
Electronic ISSN 1960-6028
Publisher Brill Academic Publishers
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 48
Issue 2
Pages 91-124
DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/19606028-04802001
Keywords Trans-Himalayan; Sino-Tibetan; Indo-European; word families; allofams; methodology

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