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Zur Rekonstruktion des Proto-Nostratischen oder: wie man eine anti-omnicomparatistische Kampfschrift verfaßt

Publication date: 11.03.2015

Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, 2015, Volume 20, Issue 4, pp. 285 - 295

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843836SE.15.019.2805

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Michael Knüppel
Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong, People's Republic of China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6348-5100 Orcid
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Zur Rekonstruktion des Proto-Nostratischen oder: wie man eine anti-omnicomparatistische Kampfschrift verfaßt

Abstract

 (On reconstruction of Proto-Nostratic, or: How to write an anti-omnicomparatistic polemic). The following article deals with A. R. Bomhard’s latest attempts to reconstruct “Proto-Nostratic” (which forms a synthesis of Nostratic proto-language as proposed by the Nostraticists of the “Moscow Nostratic school” and J. H. Greenberg’s “Eurasiatic”) in a somehow ironical way. Bomhard claims to have reconstructed the phonology as well as the vocabulary and morphology of this supposed macro-family in his bulky two-volume-work. The reviewer criticizes this especially the methodological weakness of these attempts.

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Information: Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, 2015, Volume 20, Issue 4, pp. 285 - 295

Article type: Original article

Titles:

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Zur Rekonstruktion des Proto-Nostratischen oder: wie man eine anti-omnicomparatistische Kampfschrift verfaßt

English:

Zur Rekonstruktion des Proto-Nostratischen oder: wie man eine anti-omnicomparatistische Kampfschrift verfaßt

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6348-5100

Michael Knüppel
Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong, People's Republic of China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6348-5100 Orcid
All publications →

Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong, People's Republic of China

Published at: 11.03.2015

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