1994/01/01 by Paul Proulx · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Linguistics and language evolution #Lexicography and Language Studies #Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation #Prestige #Breakup #Linguistics #Mixing (physics) #Philosophy #Psychology #Physics #Social psychology #Quantum mechanics
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openalex publication_date 1994/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Accumulating evidence suggests that a recalcitrant problem first addressed by Howard Berman - how to explain an apparent correspondence among PA *t, W t, and Y ? - is best solved by reconstructing Proto-Algic doublets. These doublets suggest dialect mixing before the breakup of Proto-Algic society, with frequent elements commonly manifesting the prestige-dialect innovations. The combination of *? with adjacent consonants, once e-dropping is taken into account, explains the glottalized consonants in several words - but others remain and should be transcribed.