Notes on Chinese Words in Shorto’s Proto-Austroasiatic Reconstructions

This paper evaluates Chinese lexical data in Shorto’s 2006 Proto-Mon-Khmer reconstructions to prevent misapplication of his reconstructions, which in a few dozen instances are based on problematic data that affect or even refute his reconstructions. First, Shorto notes about 20 Chinese items to cons...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mark Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii Press 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52434