Austronesian Root Theory: An essay on the limits of morphologySince the pioneering analyses of Renward Brandstetter (1860 1942) a quasi-morphological element called the root has been recognized in Austronesian linguistics. This monograph confronts many of the methodological and substantive issues raised but never fully resolved by Brandstetter. In an effort to reassess the value of his work for contemporary linguistics the author examines Brandstetter s methods and results, and applies a modified from of this approach to new material. The study establishes 230 roots based on more than 2,560 root tokens in some 117 languages. It is thus intended to serve as a rudimentary root dictionary and a basic handbook on the subject of the root for future scholars of Austronesian. |
Contents
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5 AUSTRONESIAN ROOT THEORY REVISITED | 15 |
6 RELATED MATTERS | 55 |
7 IMPLICATIONS FOR GENERAL LINGUISTIC THEORY | 65 |
8 APPENDICES | 69 |
APPENDIX 1 | 76 |
APPENDIX 2 | 83 |
APPENDiX 3 | 165 |
NOTES | 171 |
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Austronesian Root Theory: An Essay on the Limits of Morphology R. A. Blust No preview available - 1988 |
Austronesian Root Theory: An Essay on the Limits of Morphology R. A. Blust No preview available - 1988 |
Common terms and phrases
1Dp+ 2Bnd 2DP+ 3Bnd 3DP+ AMIS Appendix attested Austronesian languages Austronesian root Bahasa Indonesia Balinese Batak beat bend Bikol Blust Brandstetter Brandstetter’s break buzz cackle Cebuano clap cognate sets consonant cover crack curve definition Dempwolff disyllables dull dust final find fine fingers finish firmly first fish fist flat float flow fly forms IBAN Ilokano Indonesia Javanese Kankanay Karo Batak knock languages lexical linguistic Malay Manggarai Maranao MGG MGG morpheme isolates mouth one’s onomatopoetic Paiwan phoneme phonestheme phonological pound Proto-Philippines pull Puyuma PWMP reconstructed recurrent reflect reflexes rice ringing sound root candidate root theory root variation scratch semantic slap sound symbolism sound-meaning association split stick submorphemic Sundanese syllable Tagalog throaty sound thud Tiruray vowel word-base words