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Mon Oct 05 2015

Books: A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Hlai: Norquest

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Date: 30-Sep-2015
From: Marjolein Schaake <schaakebrill.com>
Subject: A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Hlai: Norquest
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Title: A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Hlai
Series Title: Languages of Asia
Published: 2015
Publisher: Brill
                http://www.brill.com

Book URL: http://www.brill.com/products/book/phonological-reconstruction-proto-hlai

Author: Peter K Norquest
Hardback: ISBN: 9789004300163 Pages: 380 Price: U.S. $ 193
Hardback: ISBN: 9789004300163 Pages: 380 Price: Europe EURO 149
Abstract:

In A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Hlai, Peter K. Norquest presents a reconstruction of Proto-Hlai based on data from twelve Hlai languages spoken on Hainan, China. This reconstruction includes chapters on both the Proto-Hlai initials and rimes, and original sesquisyllabic forms are shown to be necessary to account for the reflexes between the daughter languages. A comparison is made between Proto-Hlai and Proto-Tai, and a preliminary reconstruction of Proto Southern Kra-Dai (the immediate ancestor of Proto-Hlai) is performed. When this is compared with Proto-Hlai, it is shown that several important sound changes occurred between Pre-Hlai and Proto-Hlai. The aberrant Jiamao language is also examined, focusing on its complex contact relationships with other Hlai languages.

Linguistic Field(s): Genetic Classification
                            Historical Linguistics
                            Phonology
                            Typology

Subject Language(s): Hlai (lic)
                            Jiamao (jio)
Language Family(ies): Hlai
                            Tai
                            Tai-Kadai
Areal Regions: East Asian

Written In: English (eng)

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