Some Remarks on Sagart's New Evidence for a Numeral-Based Phylogeny of Austronesian

IF 0.4 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

OCEANIC LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI:10.1353/ol.2023.0004

Alexander D. Smith

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Abstract

Abstract:This paper presents a critical evaluation of a recent update to Sagart's "numeral-based phylogeny" of Austronesian languages. The update takes the form of new evidence, including new etymologies and reconstructions of words meaning 'six' and 'ten' which differ from conventional reconstructions, and updated and expanded evidence for "Southern Austronesian," a subgroup that contains Kra-Dai and Malayo-Polynesian. This paper argues that Sagart's new evidence is unconvincing and does not provide additional support for the numeral-based phylogeny. Rather, this paper details shortcomings in new etymologies for 'six' and 'ten', as well as issues in the comparisons made between Kra-Dai and Malayo-Polynesian. It is concluded that conventional subgrouping proposals remain superior to the numeral-based phylogeny despite recent updates.

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论Sagart关于南岛人数量系统发育的新证据

摘要：本文对Sagart的南岛语言“基于数字的系统发育”的最新进展进行了批判性评价。更新采取了新证据的形式，包括与传统重建不同的“六”和“十”的新词源和单词重建，以及“南南岛人”的更新和扩展证据，该亚群包含克拉代人和马来波利尼西亚人。本文认为，Sagart的新证据并不令人信服，也没有为基于数字的系统发育提供额外的支持。相反，本文详细介绍了“六”和“十”的新词源的不足，以及克拉代语和马来波利尼西亚语之间的比较问题。结论是，尽管最近进行了更新，但传统的亚组建议仍然优于基于数字的系统发育。

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OCEANIC LINGUISTICS LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

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期刊介绍： Oceanic Linguistics is the only journal devoted exclusively to the study of the indigenous languages of the Oceanic area and parts of Southeast Asia. The thousand-odd languages within the scope of the journal are the aboriginal languages of Australia, the Papuan languages of New Guinea, and the languages of the Austronesian (or Malayo-Polynesian) family. Articles in Oceanic Linguistics cover issues of linguistic theory that pertain to languages of the area, report research on historical relations, or furnish new information about inadequately described languages.