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Publication details [#18878]

Ruhlen, M. 1996. The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue. John Wiley & Sons. 256 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
ISBN
0-471-15963-8

Annotation

R. supports global etymologies and defends Greenberg's view of the possible extension of linguistic classification beyond traditionally recognized families in controversial superfamilies such as Eurasiatic, Dene-Caucasian and Amerind, denying the necessity of regular sound correspondences for classification.

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