Macro-Comparative Studies 2 (2012-14)

The book is a collection of unique contributions written by the most reputable comparatists. It focuses especially on Basque basic vocabulary and its relationship with Caucasic, on Berber and the issue of Neolithic expansions, on Western Siberian Hydronymics, on the tonogenesis in Balto-Slavic when compared to Yeniseian and Chinese, an assessment of Sagart's Sino-Austronesian hypothesis, the issue of the domestic horse of PIE dating. The book also contains more theoretical contributions about the historiography of the concept of laryngeals and Saussure's coefficients sonantiques. The book contains a wealth of data and intellectual insight.