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Congratulations, John. This is a terrific achievement.
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> Topics of the day:
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> 1. Proto-Austronesian
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> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:12:56 -0500
> From: John Ulrich Wolff <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Proto-Austronesian
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> Cornell's Southeast Asia Program Publications is pleased to announce the
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> blication of a significant new linguistic reference work
> http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/southeastasia/publications/.
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> Proto-Austronesian Phonology with Glossary, by John U. Wolff
> 1,146 pages. Oversized.
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> This study presents the history of words in the Austronesian languages:
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> the forms that are attested in the current Austronesian languages
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> d from the original Proto-Austronesian. A study of this history entails
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> reconstruction of the sound system (phonology) of Proto-Austronesian, an
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> xposition of the phonological processes that motivated changes, and a
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> ntation of the rules whereby the original sounds changed into those found
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> n the currently-spoken languages. The primary aim of this work is to
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> e exhaustively the forms that can be reconstructed for Proto-Austronesian
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> nd also for the earliest stages after the Austronesian languages began to
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> pread southward from Taiwan. The purpose of this study is not just to
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> struct protomorphemes and order the reflexes according to the entries
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> which they fit, but also to account for the history of each form.
> Volume 1 ISBN: 978-0-87727-532-9 $29.95
> Volume II ISBN: 978-0-87727-533-6 $29.95 (sold as a two-volume set)
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