rhotacism from Ray Hickey

[H.M.Hubey]

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Scott DeLancey wrote:
>
> On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, H.M.Hubey wrote:
>
> > Historical linguistics is circular, especially as it is based mostly on
> > IE.
> > IT says;
> >
> > 1. The set of languages, {x,y,z...} constitutes a family because of
> > 'regular
> > sound correspondences'.
> > 2. 'Regular sound correspondences' indicate a 'language family'.
>
> Could you give us a couple of examples of recognized language families
> that have been established on the basis of this kind of reasoning?
> There are a few, but it's not the standard methodology at all.
> Not Indo-European, for sure, which was first proposed and established
> on the basis of extensive correspondences in morphological paradigms.
 
Aren't morphological paradigms also part of 'regular sound change"?
 
 
> Scott DeLancey
> Department of Linguistics
> University of Oregon
> Eugene, OR 97403, USA
>
> delancey at darkwing.uoregon.edu
> http://www.uoregon.edu/~delancey/prohp.html
 
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Best Regards,
Mark
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