A Reevaluation of Proto-Polynesian *h  

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Rutter, Lawrence Kenji

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Oceanic Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 40 no. 1 (Jun. 2001), page 20-32.

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/OCL/40 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Proto-Polynesian (PPN) is divided into two primary branches: Tongic and Nuclear Polynesian. Between the two subgroups, only the Tongic languages regularly retain what is traditionally reconstructed as PPN *h, which derives from Proto-Oceanic *s. However, residues of PPN *h are found in certain words in Nuclear Polynesian languages. Furthermore, in some of these languages, it shows up as s, which is a violation of theories of sound change for which h > s is considered implausible. This paper shows that the traditional reconstruction of PPN *h actually conflates PPN *h and a lenis reflex of PPN *s, and that the sporadic retentions are not borrowings, but rather reflect a direct inheritance from Proto-Polynesian. Sporadic and irregular patterns of retention are attributed to lexical diffusion.

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