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Author:   Asya Pereltsvaig (Stanford University, California) ,  Martin W. Lewis (Stanford University, California)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781107665385

ISBN 10:   1107665388
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   16 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: the Indo-European debate and why it matters; Part I. The Vexatious History of Indo-European Studies: 1. Ideology and interpretation from the 1700s to the 1970s; 2. Anatolia vs the Steppes; Part II. The Failings of the Bayesian Phylogenetic Research Program: 3. What theory we want and what theory we get; 4. Linguistic fallacies of the Bayesian phylogenetic model; 5. Dating problems of the Bayesian phylogenetic model; 6. The historical-geographical failure of the Bayesian phylogenetic model; 7. Unwarranted assumptions; Part III. Searching for Indo-European Origins: 8. Why linguists don't do dates? Or do they?; 9. Triangulating the Indo-European homeland; 10. The non-mystery of Indo-European expansion; 11. Whither historical linguistics?; Conclusion: what is at stake in the Indo-European debate.

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'This book provides an excellent guide to what can and what can't be done in historical linguistics and Indo-European studies, and it offers a much-needed counterblast to much recent work in the field.' James Clackson, University of Cambridge

'This book provides an excellent guide to what can and what can't be done in historical linguistics and Indo-European studies, and it offers a much-needed counterblast to much recent work in the field.' James Clackson, University of Cambridge This book provides an excellent guide to what can and what can't be done in historical linguistics and Indo-European studies, and it offers a much-needed counterblast to much recent work in the field. James Clackson, University of Cambridge

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Asya Pereltsvaig is a lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at Stanford University, California, where she teaches courses in syntax, general and historical linguistics, and languages of the world. Her main area of specialization is the syntax of Indo-European, Semitic, and Turkic languages. She is the author of Copular Sentences in Russian: A Theory of Intra-Clausal Relations (2007) and Languages of the World: An Introduction (2012). Martin W. Lewis is a senior lecturer in the Department of History at Stanford University, California, where he teaches global historical and regional geography, contemporary geopolitics, and the history of Southeast Asia. His recent research focuses on the history of geographical ideas, especially those pertaining to the division of the world. He is the author of Wagering the Land: Ritual, Capital, and Environmental Degradation in the Cordillera of Northern Luzon, 1900–1986 (1992) and of Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism (1992), and co-author of The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography (1997) with Kären Wigen and of Diversity amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development (2012) with Lester Rowntree, Marie Price and William Wyckoff. He is also a co-editor of The Flight from Science and Reason (1997) with Paul R. Gross and Norman Levitt.

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