1st Edition
Advances in Proto-Basque Reconstruction with Evidence for the Proto-Indo-European-Euskarian Hypothesis
Part 1: Reconstruction of Proto-Basque
Introduction to Part 1
1. Basque and Proto-Basque
2. The Proto-Basque Vowel System
3. A Revised Proto-Basque Consonant System
4. Proto-Basque Phonotactics
5. Proto-Basque Stress and Accent
6. Advances in Proto-Basque Reconstruction
Part 2: Comparison of Proto-Basque and Proto-Indo European
Introduction to Part 2
7. Results of the Comparative Method
8. Statistical Evidence for Relatedness
9. Proto-Basque and Proto-Indo-European Historical Phonology
10. Potential Implications for Indo-European Linguistics
Appendix: Proto-Basque Reconstructions with Proto-Indo-European Comparisons
Biography
Juliette Blevins is Full Professor in the Linguistics Program at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, USA, where she is Director of the Endangered Language Initiative. Her main research interests are sound patterns and sound change, with a special focus on phonological typology, as detailed in her influential book Evolutionary Phonology: The emergence of sound patterns.
