LINGUIST List 10.875

Tue Jun 8 1999

Books: Afroasiatic

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LINCOM EUROPA, Development of Afro-asiatic Comparative-Historical Linguistics in Russia

Message 1: Development of Afro-asiatic Comparative-Historical Linguistics in Russia

Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 12:22:46 +0200
From: LINCOM EUROPA <LINCOM.EUROPAt-online.de>
Subject: Development of Afro-asiatic Comparative-Historical Linguistics in Russia

DEVELOPMENT OF AFRO-ASIATIC (SEMITO-HAMITIC) COMPARATIVE-HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS IN RUSSIA AND THE FORMER SOVIET UNION Tak�cs, G�bor

This study gives the first science history and a detailed and extensive scientific appraisal of the works by the Russian school (or "Moscow school") of Afro-Asiatic (Semito-Hamitic) comparative-historical linguistics in the past three decades. The book contains the following parts: 1. A general overview of roots of Afro-Asiatic linguistics in Russia before 1965. 2. A concise survey of development of Afro-Asiatic studies from 1965 in Russia. 3. A most detailed presentation and critical appraisal of works by the Russian comparativists on the reconstruction of Afro-Asiatic comparative phonology and lexicon in the light of research results of other ("Western") scholars (incl. my own observations). 4. A concise description of the so-called "Nostratic theory" and introduction of the "Moscow school of comparative linguistics" in the latest three decades. 5. The work ends with a comprehensive bibliography of all cited works. This is at the same time the first bibliography that includes all Russian works on Afro-Asiatic linguistics from 1965.

ISBN 3 89586 591 5. LINCOM Studies in Afroasiatic Linguistics 02. Ca. 200 pp. USD 60 / DM 98 / pound sterling 36.

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