Language Reconstruction – Applied to the Uralic Languages

After pointing out the shortcomings and methodological weakness of the general theory of linguistic reconstruction, the author disputes the alleged antiquity of Uralic. Proto-Uralic as reconstructed by the scholars seems to be the sum of a set of features belonging to several distinct language famil...

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Main Author: Paolo Agostini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies 1999-06-01
Series:Migracijske i etničke teme
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Online Access:http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/161182