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Indo-European nominal inflection in Nostratic perspective

BLAŽEK, Václav

Basic information

Original name

Indo-European nominal inflection in Nostratic perspective

Authors

BLAŽEK, Václav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Journal of Language Relationship, 2014, 1998-6769

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Russian Federation

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/14:00073471

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Historical linguistics; Indo-European languages; comparative morphology; Nostratic hypothesis

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 10/3/2015 17:16, Mgr. Vendula Hromádková

Abstract

V originále

The paper summarizes some of the current views on the history and origins of Indo-European nominal declension, including a brief comparison of several hypotheses on the mechanism of arisal of the "thematic" type of declension (o-stems). The reconstructed paradigmatic system is subsequently compared with the respective systems for other language families that form part of the hypothetical Nostratic macrofamily: Semitic (and Afro-Asiatic in general), Kartvelian, Dravidian, Uralic, and Altaic. It is concluded that, since most of the case endings of Proto-Indo-European are explainable either through internal derivation within Indo-European itself or through comparison with other Nostratic languages, the situation points strongly towards an analytic nature of Proto-Nostratic.

Links

GAP406/12/0655, research and development project
Name: Jazykové interference Indoevropanů v Centrální Asii a Číně
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Indo-European Linguistic Interference in Central Asia and China