Historical Linguistics Flashcards

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Who is the founder of glottochronology?

A

Morris Swadesh, after whom the Swadesh List is named.

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How did Robert Dixon explain the apparently rapid rate of change in Dyirbal?

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With something like Punctuated Equilibrium. His book was actually published in 1972 (same as Eldredge & Gould).

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What is Grimm’s Law?

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A set of sound laws describing the development of stop consonants from PIE to Germanic.

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