Prefixation Ability Index (PAI) as a powerful typological tool of historical linguistics
At present there are many odd hypotheses about the genetic affiliation of certain languages. Most such hypotheses are invented without any serious examination of the structural differences between the languages being compared. The PAI method was inspired by ideas of A. P. Volodin, who noticed that t...
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ftamickiewiczojs:oai:ojs.pressto.amu.edu.pl:article/32913 2023-09-26T15:20:42+02:00 Prefixation Ability Index (PAI) as a powerful typological tool of historical linguistics Akulov, Alexander 2015-06-01 application/pdf http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/linpo/article/view/linpo-2015-0001 eng eng Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/linpo/article/view/linpo-2015-0001/28502 http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/linpo/article/view/linpo-2015-0001 Prawa autorskie (c) 2015 Alexander Akulov https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 Lingua Posnaniensis; Vol. 57 No. 1; 7-24 Lingua Posnaniensis; Tom 57 Nr 1; 7-24 2083-6090 use of typology in comparative linguistics Prefixation Ability Index Ainu Altai stock Nivkh Ainu and Austroasiatic Ainu and Austronesian isolated languages of Siberia and Far East info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2015 ftamickiewiczojs 2023-08-28T23:08:21Z At present there are many odd hypotheses about the genetic affiliation of certain languages. Most such hypotheses are invented without any serious examination of the structural differences between the languages being compared. The PAI method was inspired by ideas of A. P. Volodin, who noticed that there were two types of languages, one type has prefixation and the other does not. Actually, there is no sharp divide between the two types, it is more precise to use a coefficient (i.e. PAI) rather than simply ask “does a language allow prefixation?” The PAI theory supposed there was correlation between values of PAI of genetically related languages. Tests of PAI on the material of well assembled stocks prove that such correlations exist. Being applied to Ainu and to languages that are possibly supposed to be related to it. The PAI shows that Ainu that is not related to either Altaic or Nivkh, while a search for relatives of Ainu to the south shows potential. Also PAI can be useful in the case of other unsettled questions of language affiliation in North America, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, Africa and other places. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nivkh Siberia Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: PRESSto |
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At present there are many odd hypotheses about the genetic affiliation of certain languages. Most such hypotheses are invented without any serious examination of the structural differences between the languages being compared. The PAI method was inspired by ideas of A. P. Volodin, who noticed that there were two types of languages, one type has prefixation and the other does not. Actually, there is no sharp divide between the two types, it is more precise to use a coefficient (i.e. PAI) rather than simply ask “does a language allow prefixation?” The PAI theory supposed there was correlation between values of PAI of genetically related languages. Tests of PAI on the material of well assembled stocks prove that such correlations exist. Being applied to Ainu and to languages that are possibly supposed to be related to it. The PAI shows that Ainu that is not related to either Altaic or Nivkh, while a search for relatives of Ainu to the south shows potential. Also PAI can be useful in the case of other unsettled questions of language affiliation in North America, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, Africa and other places. |
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Akulov, Alexander |
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Prefixation Ability Index (PAI) as a powerful typological tool of historical linguistics |
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Prefixation Ability Index (PAI) as a powerful typological tool of historical linguistics |
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Prefixation Ability Index (PAI) as a powerful typological tool of historical linguistics |
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Prefixation Ability Index (PAI) as a powerful typological tool of historical linguistics |
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Prefixation Ability Index (PAI) as a powerful typological tool of historical linguistics |
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prefixation ability index (pai) as a powerful typological tool of historical linguistics |
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Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan |
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2015 |
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http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/linpo/article/view/linpo-2015-0001 |
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Nivkh Siberia |
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Nivkh Siberia |
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Lingua Posnaniensis; Vol. 57 No. 1; 7-24 Lingua Posnaniensis; Tom 57 Nr 1; 7-24 2083-6090 |
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http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/linpo/article/view/linpo-2015-0001/28502 http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/linpo/article/view/linpo-2015-0001 |
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