On the comparative method, internal reconstruction, and other analytical tools for the reconstruction of the evolution of the Basque language: An assessment

Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca Julio de Urquijo ◽

10.1387/asju.23021 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

José Ignacio Hualde

Keyword(s):

State Of The Art ◽

Genetic Relationships ◽

Comparative Method ◽

The State ◽

Historical Phonology ◽

Analytical Tools

This paper is an attempt to present the state of the art in Basque historical phonology. The accomplishments and limitations of different methodologies are evaluated. These methodologies include the application of the comparative method to Basque dialects, the analysis of old borrowings in Michelena’s work, internal reconstruction, and Lakarra’s canonical root hypothesis. I also discuss the possibilities afforded by internal reconstruction and root theory for discovering genetic relationships between Basque and other languages, focusing on recent proposals.

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A review of Fellner and Hill’s “Word families, allofams, and the comparative method”

Cahiers de linguistique - Asie orientale ◽

10.1163/19606028-04802007 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 154-158 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Graham THURGOOD

Keyword(s):

State Of The Art ◽

Comparative Method ◽

The State ◽

Comparative Linguistics ◽

Word Families ◽

Working Out

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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Review of Hill (2019): The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese

Concentric. Studies in Linguistics - Concentric ◽

10.1075/consl.00020.orl ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 46 (2) ◽

pp. 299-311

Author(s):

Giorgio (Georg) Orlandi

Keyword(s):

Significant Contribution ◽

State Of The Art ◽

The State ◽

The Other ◽

General Introduction ◽

Historical Phonology ◽

Shared History ◽

Systematic Exploration ◽

History Of ◽

The One

Abstract The book under review serves as a significant contribution to the field of Trans-Himalayan linguistics. Designed as a vade mecum for readers with little linguistic background in these three languages, Nathan W. Hill’s work attempts, on the one hand, a systematic exploration of the shared history of Burmese, Tibetan and Chinese, and, on the other, a general introduction to the reader interested in obtaining an overall understanding of the state of the art of the historical phonology of these three languages. Whilst it is acknowledged that the book in question has the potential to be a solid contribution to the field, it is also felt that few minor issues can be also addressed.

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Practical Picture Processing

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100051700 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 32 ◽

pp. 338-339

Author(s):

T. A. Welton

Keyword(s):

Radiation Damage ◽

Coherence Length ◽

Spatial Information ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Coherent Radiation ◽

The State ◽

Energy Spread ◽

Electron Micrograph ◽

Picture Processing ◽

Molecular Skeleton

Various authors have emphasized the spatial information resident in an electron micrograph taken with adequately coherent radiation. In view of the completion of at least one such instrument, this opportunity is taken to summarize the state of the art of processing such micrographs. We use the usual symbols for the aberration coefficients, and supplement these with £ and 6 for the transverse coherence length and the fractional energy spread respectively. He also assume a weak, biologically interesting sample, with principal interest lying in the molecular skeleton remaining after obvious hydrogen loss and other radiation damage has occurred.

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