Bomhard - A Comprehensive Introduction to Nostratic Comparative Linguistics (5th edition) (revised 1 February 2025) (2025)

Bomhard - Two New Publications in Nostratic Comparative Linguistics (2008)

Indo-European and the Nostratic Hypothesis . By Allan Bomhard

Diachronica, 1998

The chapter by Kerns has been largely deleted, as has the semantic index of reconstructions. The individual surveys of daughter language families have been cropped, especially those dealing with Indo-European and Afroasiatic, and the "Comparative Vocabulary of the Nostratic Languages". The latter was 523 pages in B&K, and has been reduced to only 63 under the title "Common Nostratic Roots" by removing all attested reflexes and just listing the reconstructed proto-forms for each branch. This follows the style of Illich-Svitych (1965). In addition to this the text has been augmented by some 30 pages of "New Etymologies" and "corrections" to previously published etymologies. It is well known that the Bomhard version of Nostratic contrasts markedly with the famous Muscovite version, so called because it emerged as a coherent hypothesis from the work of Illich-Svitych and Dolgopol'skij at Moscow State University in the 1960s. The most substantive difference between the models is that Bomhard posits a set of correspondences among the oral stops which is different from that suggested by the Moscovites, and this has the consequence that many etymologies proposed by one side must be rejected by the other, and vica versa. Since the appearance of Bomhard (1984) there have appeared various critiques (i.e., Helimskij 1984, Starostin 1989) which have presented empirical evidence and well argued reasoning for rejecting Bomhard's approach to Nostratics. The present reviewer accepts these criticisms as valid and believes that it is for good linguistic reasons that he has even heard B&K characterised as "The dictionary (of Illich-Svitych 1971,1976,1984), plus mistakes!". * I wish to express my appreciation for useful comments and advice on the above text offered by Neile Kirk (University of Melbourne) and the ongoing encouragement of my colleagues among the Parkville Circle.

Papers from the Third International Conference on Historical Linguistics

Language, 1984

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. PREFACE The Third International Conference on Historical Linguistics (3rd ICHL) met from 22nd to 26th August 1977 at the University of Hamburg. In attendance were over ninety scholars from Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia, and Europe. 3rd ICHL took place at a time of great turmoil in the political life of the German Federal Republic and of German universities in par ticular, though our conference itself came during a blessed lull. Just weeks before, the International Conference on the Future of the Uni versity had sent its German Universities Commission to investigate, and ultimately to confirm, the reports of chaos. Few 3rd ICHL parti cipants, except for those familiar with Hamburg, sensed the relevance of this and the symbolism of academic solidarity for a victim of the new totalitarians in German life in my inviting to speak on "Drei literaturwissenschaftliche Auffassungen der Wirklichkeit" my colleague in the Seminar für Englische Sprache und Kultur, Professor Dr. Johannes Kleinstück, a scholar himself of no mean linguistic accomplishments. Earlier in the Summer Term he had been "host" in his commandeered of fice to a delegation of fifteen "Reformers" wearing stocking masks. Apart from this gesture of fraternal support for a,persecuted colleague, Professor Kleinstück's paper, as linguists informed in the philosophy of science appreciated at the time, represents an issue of paramount importance to historical linguistics. As for the papers read by the regular participants in 3rd ICHL, the widely hoped for debate on recent controversial issues, such as the theoretical status of "Analogy", failed to materialize through the ab sence of principals in the debate. Indeed, partisans of both sides of vi PREFACE this controversy were jointly diappointed. My repeated dispatch of registered invitations was to no avail. The present volume could not accommodate all the papers read at 3rd ICHL, and various factors, apart from editorial selection, affecc the mix. The long delay in publication stemming from my problems of relocating home and career discouraged several colleagues, who have since published their work elsewhere. Others, for a variety of reasons, withheld theirs. Yet others who were not present at sessions of 3rd ICHL at which publication was discussed unfortunately were unaware that proceedings would be published. Still others, and we all know the agony, did not succeed in writing the definitive draft. We wish one day to see all this remedied. At midweek 3rd ICHL participants and their guests treated them selves to an epicurean buffet feast in the Provence Restaurant high above the night life of Sankt Pauli, overlooking the harbor lights of the Elbe. Our wandering scholars next day tasted the sights and sounds!, the seafood and good beer of the world of the Hansa, under the bluest skies and balmiest breezes that ever blew over the waves of the Elbe. Unser Dank gilt dem Mäzen, der Firma Pätz + Co., Hamburg. 3rd ICHL participants have on the whole been immensely considerate to the harried director, who accepted the kind offer of technical assis tance from E.F.Konrad Koerner (Ottawa) and Allan R. Bomhard (Boston), without whom no proceedings ever would have appeared. The publishers, John and Claire Benjamins have exceeded the very patience of Job in this case. At Hamburg, colleagues who helped find solutions for 3rd ICHL are Dr. Rudolf Beier, Professor Dr. Margarethe Schwerdtfeger, Pro fessor Dr. Rudolf Haas, and, above all, Dr. Hans-Jürgen Höhling, with out whom there would have been no Third International Conference on Historical Linguistics. Generous funding for 3rd ICHL came from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, through its Second Mayor and Kultursenator Biallas, together with the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn-Bad Godesberg.

Review of: Lehmann, Winfred P. and Yakov Malkiel (eds.). Directions for Historical Linguistics. (Leiden: Brill, 2017)

LinguistList, 2019

Bomhard - Some Nostratic Etymologies: Supplement I (1995)

Singy, P., Mottaz Baran, A., Amstalden, M., Prikhodkine, A., Jufer, N., Indentités de genre, identités de classe et insécurité linguistique. Berne: Peter Lang, 2004, 196 pp. 3 03910 389

Journal of French Language Studies, 2005

Review of Linguistics at the Crossroads, by Adam Makkai, Valerie Becker Makkai, and Luigi Heilmann

1980

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Bomhard - The Nostratic Hypothesis in 2011

This book is intended to be a summary of the current status of Nostratic comparative-historical linguistics (as of 2011). As such, it is divided into three chapters: Chapter 1: The first chapter outlines the basis for the reconstruction of Proto-Nostratic as discussed in great detail in my 2008 monograph Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic: Comparative Phonology, Morphology, and Vocabulary. This chapter incorporates, updates, and expands upon previous work I have published on this topic. Particular emphasis is placed in this chapter upon the comparison of my work with the work of others, especially that of Vladislav M. Illič-Svityč, Aharon B. Dolgopolsky, and Joseph H. Greenberg. Chapter 2: The second chapter lists all of the Proto-Indo-European stems with a Nostratic etymology cited in Volume 2, Comparative Vocabulary, of my 2008 book. The cognates from the other branches of Nostratic are merely summarized in this chapter. However, page numbers and entry numbers referring back to Volume 2 of my 2008 book are given, and this volume must be consulted for a full listing of the supporting evidence for each entry and for references to the relevant literature. As in Chapter 1, references are also given to the work of others, especially that of Vladislav M. Illič-Svityč and Aharon B. Dolgopolsky.

Western Conference On Linguistics WECOL 91

Women provided me with financial support which allowed me to devote my full attention to writing my dissertation. The inadequacies in this paper are my own responsibility.

Bomhard - A Survey of the Comparative Phonology of the So-Called "Nostratic" Languages (1990)