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    • Linguistic reconstruction is the practice of establishing the features of an unattested ancestor language of one or more given languages. There are two kinds of reconstruction: Internal reconstruction uses irregularities in a single language to make inferences about an earlier stage of that language – that is, it is based on evidence from that language alone.C… See more

    Methods

    First, languages that are thought to have arisen from a common proto-language must meet certain criteria in order to … See more

    Sound construction

    The Majority Principle is applied in identifying the most likely pronunciation of the predicted etymon, the original word from which the cognates originated. The Most Natural Development Principle describes t… See more

    See also

    • Language change – Modification or development of a language
    • Sound change – Process of language change that affects pronunciation or sound system structure See more

    Sources

    • Anthony Fox, Linguistic Reconstruction: An Introduction to Theory and Method (Oxford University Press, 1995) ISBN 0-19-870001-6.
    • George Yule, The Study of Language (7th Ed.) (Cambridge University Press, 2019) ISBN… See more

    Linguistic Reconstruction: An Introduction to Theory and Method
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