Ethnoreconstruction in Kok-Paponk

Paul Black

doi:10.1075/cilt.257.03bla

Ethnoreconstruction in Kok-Paponk

Paul Black

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Kok-Papónk was a relatively conservative dialect of the same language as Koko-Bera, in western Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Accordingly one might hope its data could clarify the environments for certain sound changes in the latter. Regrettably, however, Kok-Papónk is largely attested from one of its last marginal speakers, who seems to have created some of its forms on the basis of its sound correspondences with Koko-Bera, which she knew much better. This problem, called ‘ethnoreconstruction’ by McClure and McClure (1977), makes it difficult to be sure which of the forms attested for Kok-Papónk should actually be taken to provide evidence for historical reconstruction.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Historical Linguistics 2003
Editors	Michael Fortescue, Eva Skafte Jensen, Jens Erik Mogensen, Lene Schøsler
Place of Publication	Amsterdam, Holland
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages	21-29
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9789027247711
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.257.03bla
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	16th International Conference on Historical Linguistics - Amsterdam, Holland Duration: 11 Aug 2003 → 15 Aug 2003

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Conference	16th International Conference on Historical Linguistics
Period	11/08/03 → 15/08/03

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