A Historical Reconstruction of the Peba-Yaguan Linguistic Family
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Date
2009-09
Authors
Pena, Jaime G.
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University of Oregon
Abstract
In this thesis, a reconstruction of Proto-Peba-Yagua is attempted using the
comparative method. Peba-Yagua had three members in the past: Yagua, Peba
and Yameo. Yagua is the only extant member of the family. Information about
the sound inventory and the morphology of the proto-system is provided and
discussed based on comparisons of all three varieties. Results show that Proto-
Peba-Yagua had at least the consonants *p, *t, *k, *m, *n, *tJ, *R, *h, *w, *j and
at least the vowels *a, *e, *i, *u. Peba and Yameo show more similarity with regards to the historical development of their sound inventory. With regards to
morphology and grammar, because of lack of evidence for all involved linguistic
varieties, the only categories that can be reconstructed are parts of the
pronominal system, some classifiers and the locative morpheme *-mV.
Description
xviii, 230 p. : maps. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.
Keywords
Proto-Peba-Yagua language