Congratulations, John. This is a terrific achievement. On 30 November 2010 19:00, BAHASA automatic digest system < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > There is 1 message totalling 31 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Proto-Austronesian > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:12:56 -0500 > From: John Ulrich Wolff <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Proto-Austronesian > > Cornell's Southeast Asia Program Publications is pleased to announce the > pu= > blication of a significant new linguistic reference work > http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/southeastasia/publications/. > > Proto-Austronesian Phonology with Glossary, by John U. Wolff > 1,146 pages. Oversized. > > This study presents the history of words in the Austronesian languages: > how= > the forms that are attested in the current Austronesian languages > develope= > d from the original Proto-Austronesian. A study of this history entails > the= > reconstruction of the sound system (phonology) of Proto-Austronesian, an > e= > xposition of the phonological processes that motivated changes, and a > prese= > ntation of the rules whereby the original sounds changed into those found > i= > n the currently-spoken languages. The primary aim of this work is to > examin= > e exhaustively the forms that can be reconstructed for Proto-Austronesian > a= > nd also for the earliest stages after the Austronesian languages began to > s= > pread southward from Taiwan. The purpose of this study is not just to > recon= > struct protomorphemes and order the reflexes according to the entries > under= > 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) > > ------------------------------ > > End of BAHASA Digest - <first ever> to 30 Nov 2010 (#2010-1) > ************************************************************ > -- Dr. Uli Kozok Associate Professor Indonesian-Malay Language Program 2540 Maile Way, Spalding 255 Honolulu, HI 96822, USA Tel: +1.808. 956 7574 Fax: +1.808. 956 5978 http://www.hawaii.edu/indolang http://bahasa.net/online