Allan R. Bomhard
Allan R. Bomhard
List of John Benjamins publications for which Allan R. Bomhard plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Comparative linguistics | Historical linguistics
Subjects Historical linguistics
Subjects Historical linguistics
Articles
This paper takes a fresh look at the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers. Evidence is presented that the earliest form of the number “two” was (in traditional reconstruction) *do- and that the form usually given in the standard handbooks, namely, *duwō/*dwō, was a later… read more | Article
Bomhard, Allan R. 1998.
Nostratic, Eurasiatic, and Indo-European.
Nostratic: Sifting the Evidence, Salmons, Joseph C. and Brian D. Joseph (eds.), pp. 17 ff.
Article
SUMMARY The traditional reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European stop system consists of (1) plain voiceless stops, (2) voiceless aspirates, (3) plain voiced stops, and (4) voiced aspirates. A review of the data from the daughter languages shows that series 1 should be reinterpreted as voiceless… read more | Article