A review of Fellner and Hill’s “Word families, allofams, and the comparative method”
2019 ◽
Vol 48
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pp. 154-158
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Abstract Fellner and Hill (this volume) argue that the recourse to the notion of word families has prevented scholars specializing in Sino-Tibetan comparative linguistics from working out regular sound correspondences. This paper disputes this evaluation of the state of the art in the field, and suggests that F&H’s appraisal is due to severe misunderstandings.
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1974 ◽
Vol 32
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pp. 338-339