The Convergence of Eurasiatic and Nostratic*
Abstract In Greenberg (1987: 332) a linguistic stock named Eurasiatic is outlined with the following membership: 1. Inda-European; 2. Uralic-Yukaghir; 3. Altaic (Turkic, Mongolian, Tungusic); 4. Korean; 5. Japanese; 6. Ainu; 7. Gilyak; 8. Chukotian; 9. Eskaleut. Of these, 4-6, i.e. Korean, Japanese,...
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Oxford University PressOxford
2005
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199257713.003.0016 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52201927/isbn-9780199257713-book-part-16.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract In Greenberg (1987: 332) a linguistic stock named Eurasiatic is outlined with the following membership: 1. Inda-European; 2. Uralic-Yukaghir; 3. Altaic (Turkic, Mongolian, Tungusic); 4. Korean; 5. Japanese; 6. Ainu; 7. Gilyak; 8. Chukotian; 9. Eskaleut. Of these, 4-6, i.e. Korean, Japanese, and Ainu are stated as probably forming a subgroup. Since then in Greenberg (1990a, 1990b, and 1991), a series of Eurasiatic grammatical markers has been pro-posed. In addition Greenberg (1992) contains an extensive exposition of sixty-three grammatical items, which is intended as a preliminary version of one of the chapters of Greenberg (to appear) [Greenberg 2000-Ed.], which will present detailed evidence for this family. |
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