{"product_id":"proto-australian-mark-harvey-9783111421445","title":"Proto-Australian: Reconstruction of a Common Ancestor Language","description":"This book is the first full evaluation of the Proto-Australian hypothesis, which proposes that most Australian languages have a common ancestor: Proto-Australian [PA]. Using the standard methodologies of historical linguistics, the authors show that nearly all Australian languages descend from PA. Given that PA was a single language, it was spoken only in a small area of Australia. Its descendants have spread across the continent. Current theories of language spread do not offer clear motivations for large-scale spread in hunter-gatherer economies. This raises significant questions for analyses of Australian prehistory and archaeology specifically, and more widely for general theories of hunter-gatherer prehistory and language spread.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Harvey, Robert Mailhammer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3111421449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783111421445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.25d","brand":"Mark Harvey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46094417658111,"sku":"9783111421445","price":120.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78d5eb0d-6ec3-4793-ad12-e08a88355630.jpg?v=1724844596","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/proto-australian-mark-harvey-9783111421445","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}