Due to a long history of contact, the Chadic languages are the
internally most diverse of the Afroasiatic language families,
especially in terms of their sound systems. In this ground-breaking
study, the author draws on his extensive research experience to
unpack the morpho-phonological principles that underpin the
languages' diverse prosody effects, arguing that massive variation
results from diachronic processes called 'prosodification' of
segmental units. The study compares data from 66 of the 79 known
languages from the Central branch of the Chadic language family,
most of them unwritten and under-researched. It traces language
changes for 228 lexical items that can be reconstructed from the
proto-language's basic vocabulary, unearthing typological features
that link Central Chadic to its deep Afroasiatic heritage. It is
accompanied by a set of online appendixes, providing the full
analytical apparatus of all lexical reconstructions, with explicit
identification of each of the diachronic sound changes and
processes involved.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
H. Ekkehard Wolff
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Pages: |
528 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-00-934639-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-00-934639-3 |
Barcode: |
9781009346399 |
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