The Evidence on Algonquian Genetic Grouping: A Matter of Relative Chronology  

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Proulx, Paul

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 45 no. 2 (Mar. 2003), page 201-225.
Fulltext: Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 201-225.pdf (3.11MB)

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While Leonard Bloomfield suggested only that his reconstructions based on four Central Algonquian languages would fit Proto-Algonquian "in the main," later scholars, with the notable exception of Charles F. Hockett, con- vinced themselves that Bloomfield's reconstructed features, including those limited to non-Eastern Algonquian, were all genuine Proto-Algonquian ones. This left the impression that most Eastern Algonquian archaisms were "innova- tions," and indirectly motivated reconstructing "Proto-Eastern Algonquian." However, careful re-examination of the Eastern features believed to be diag- nostic shows that they could well be inherited from Proto-Algonquian. This leaves no hard evidence for the Proto-Eastern Algonquian hypothesis, which m"While shared innovation as the only reliable criterion for sub- grouping is clear, it must be kept in mind that the subgrouping can only be as successful as the reconstruction upon which it is based. That is, what constitutes an innovation depends crucially on what is reconstructed, and if the reconstruction is wrong, there is a strong possibility that the subgrouping which depends on it will be wrong as well." -Lyle Campbell (1999:175)ust therefore be abandoned.

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