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A Dictionary of Austronesian Monosyllabic Roots (Submorphemes) (Hardcover)
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A Dictionary of Austronesian Monosyllabic Roots (Submorphemes) (Hardcover)
Series: Pacific Linguistics [PL]
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This book documents an understudied phenomenon in Austronesian
languages, namely the existence of recurrent submorphemic
sound-meaning associations of the general form -CVC. It fills a
critical gap in scholarship on these languages by bringing together
a large body of data in one place, and by discussing some of the
theoretical issues that arise in analyzing this data. Following an
introduction which presents the topic, it includes a critical
review of the relevant literature over the past century, and
discussions of the following: 1. problems in finding the root (the
"needle in the haystack" problem), 2. root ambiguity, 3. controls
on chance as an interfering factor, 4. unrecognized morphology as a
possible factor in duplicating evidence, 5. the shape/structure of
the root, 6. referents of roots, 7. the origin of roots, 8. the
problem of distinguishing false cognates produced by convergence in
root-bearing morphemes from legitimate comparisons resulting from
divergent descent, and 9. the problem of explaining how
submorphemes are transmitted across generations of speakers
independently of the morphemes that host them. The remainder of the
book consists of a list of sources for the 197 languages from which
data is drawn, followed by the roots with supporting evidence, a
short appendix, and references.
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