Semantic reconstruction in Austronesian linguistics
The process of historical reconstruction involves the search for similarities in four areas: sound, form, function and meaning. Further, there can be four degrees of resemblance: identical, regular, irregular, or false. The mere fact that two words are formally similar will not do. Yet the principle...
| Published in: | Philippine Journal of Linguistics Vol. 35, Number 2 (December 2004), p. 1-21. |
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| Format: | Analytics |
| Language: | English |
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