DIACHRONIC TOPONOMASTICS AND ETYMOLOGY: EPISTEMOLOGICAL PROPOSALS ACCORDING TO THE NEW CONVERGENCE THEORY1
DIACHRONIC TOPONOMASTICS AND ETYMOLOGY: EPISTEMOLOGICAL PROPOSALS ACCORDING TO THE NEW CONVERGENCE THEORY1
Author(s): Francesco Perono CacciafocoSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: Indo-European Etymological Reconstruction; Diachronic Topono-mastics; Pre-Proto-Indo-European
Summary/Abstract: This paper introduces the basic principles of the New Convergence Theory (NCT) in the field of Indo-European Linguistics. The first part is inherent in a brief evaluation of the current approaches to Indo-European origins and Etymology and in the theoretical explanation of the NCT’s epistemological fundamentals, the second part deals with some examples of etymological reconstructions conducted according to this innovative approach in which Historical Phonetics, historical Semantics, historical Geography, and Landscape Archaeology participate in recovering the most ancient origins (or ‘proto-origins’) of names (‘paleo-names’) and of languages in prehistoric Europe.
Journal: Analele Universităţii din Craiova. Seria Ştiinţe Filologice. Lingvistică
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 105-127
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English