Cushitic Lexicon and Phonology: Edited by Grover Hudson (Schriften zur Afrikanistik / Research in African Studies Book 28)

Cushitic Lexicon and Phonology contains a concise reconstruction of lexical and phonological proto-forms for various stages in the development of Cushitic languages, the largest branch within the Afrasian (Afro-Asiatic) phylum. It is based methodologically on the comparative method of historical linguistics, using sound correspondences as major device for the identification of cognates. This almost-finished study was left by the author upon his untimely death in 2008 and was typographically reworked by the editor. This book contains a concise reconstruction of lexical and phonological proto-forms for various stages in the development of Cushitic languages, the largest branch within the Afro-Asiatic phylum. It is based on the comparative method of historical linguistics, using sound correspondences as major device for the identification of cognates. Contents Preface Abbreviations 1. Preliminaries 2. Cushitic Phonologies 3. The Phonological Development of Cushitic References