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The Macro Comparative Journal Vol 1.1

This document is the first volume of The Macro-Comparative Journal, published in November 2010. It contains three articles on macro-comparative linguistic topics: 1) Allan Bomhard introduces his work on reconstructing Proto-Nostratic phonology and morphology. 2) Arnaud Fournet argues that pharyngeal phonemes became palatalized rather than disappeared in Berber. 3) Fournet examines hypotheses about glottalization in Nostratic focusing on Kartvelian and concludes it was originally a prosodic rather than inherited feature in Proto-Kartvelian. It also includes comments, a book review, and reference materials on related topics.

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The Macro Comparative Journal Vol 1.1

This document is the first volume of The Macro-Comparative Journal, published in November 2010. It contains three articles on macro-comparative linguistic topics: 1) Allan Bomhard introduces his work on reconstructing Proto-Nostratic phonology and morphology. 2) Arnaud Fournet argues that pharyngeal phonemes became palatalized rather than disappeared in Berber. 3) Fournet examines hypotheses about glottalization in Nostratic focusing on Kartvelian and concludes it was originally a prosodic rather than inherited feature in Proto-Kartvelian. It also includes comments, a book review, and reference materials on related topics.

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THE MACRO-COMPARATIVE JOURNAL

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Volume 1 No. 1

November 2010
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CONTENTS

EDITORIAL NEWS

The Macro-Comparative Journal is launched!

ARTICLES

The Current Status of Nostratic Studies


Allan R. Bomhard

Abstract: The article is an up-to-date introduction to Nostratic, as reconstructed by


Allan Bomhard. It comprises an historical introduction, a phonological survey of
Nostratic and of the daughter languages, a presentation of sound correspondences and
the morphology of Proto-Nostratic. Bomhard's approach is also compared with that of
Dolgopolsky.

The Outcome of Afrasian Guttural Proto-Phonemes in Berber


Arnaud Fournet

Abstract: Current approaches of Afrasian hold pharyngeals and laryngeals to have


muted out in Berber. The article shows that pharyngeal phonemes have in fact become
palatalized into *s/z and *š/ž in this group of languages. They have not disappeared but
have changed their place of articulation. There exists a significant number of examples
of these phonetic correspondences which ultimately support the cognacy of Berber with
Semitic and therefore with the Afrasian in general. The hypothesis of a phonetic change:
pharyngeal > palatal explains many phonological and morphological features of Berber
languages.

Kartvelian and the Issue of Glottalization in Nostratic


Arnaud Fournet

Abstract: The article deals with the issue of glottalization in Nostratic with a special
focus on Kartvelian. Several hypotheses of sound correspondences are tested between
Kartvelian and Proto-Indo-European. It is concluded that Kartvelian glottalization is not
inherited but is probably a feature originally of prosodic nature. Pre-Proto-Kartvelian
only had a distinction between voiced and voiceless phonemes.
COMMENTS

Comment on: Fournet, A. 2010. Review of: Bomhard, Allan R. 2008.


Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic, Comparative Phonology, Morphology, and
Vocabulary. Volumes 1 (xxi, 875pp) & 2 (976pp). Leiden, Boston: Brill.
Allan R. Bomhard

REVIEWS

Bomhard, Allan R. 2008. Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic, Comparative Phonology,


Morphology, and Vocabulary. Volumes 1 (xxi, 875pp) & 2 (976pp). Leiden,
Boston: Brill.
Arnaud Fournet

REFERENCE MATERIALS

A Dictionary of Proto-Indo-European with Hurrian Comparative Indications. Part


I: Graphemes *b and *bh
Arnaud Fournet

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