by Patrick C. Ryan
6/16/97
based on theory of evolutionary typology of G. A. Klimov, and
on the genetic studies of Luigi Luca and Francesco Cavalli-Sforza
N---------------------1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------P
E---------------------0---------------------6-----------------------4-----------------------1-----------------R
U---------------------0---------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------5-----------------E
T--------------------->--------------------->----------------------->----------------------->-----------------S
R---------------------0---------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------E
A---------------------0---------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------N
L---------------------0---------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------T
| ACTIVE | CLASS | ERGATIVE | NOMINATIVE | NONE |
|
?-100,000 BPE African |
100-60,000 BPE
Levantine |
60-40,000 BPE
Pontic |
40-15,000 BPE
Eurasian |
15,000 BPE to PRESENT |
| Africa is separated from the rest of the world by the end of the period | Southeast Asia and Australia are separated from Asia and Europe by the end of the period | Asia is separated from Europe by the end of the period | Northeast Asia and America are separated from Asia by the end of the period | Extensive recombination |
| a limited
number of
monosyllables
in OV and AN
constructions
combine into
CVC roots
* lexical items combine in OV and AN combinations to produce noun definition (definite, indefinite, singular, collective, plural); and stress-accent distinguishes momentary and durative relationships |
lexical items are
added to words in the form of prefixes (African/Asian) or suffixes (Pontic) as a lexical classification method; and formerly distributional nominal lexical items are re-interpreted as secondary verbal aspect (perfective / imperfective) and modal markers |
adpositions are
developed from
OV and AN
combinations,
enabling
nominal
inflection
and explicit specification of the relationship of subordinate clauses; and ?E prefixed to verbs distinguishes concommitant and non-concommitant time (tense) |
an increased
consciousness of
causality leads
to the
mandatory
expression of
causal agency of
verbal ideas;
and Ablaut and vowel-patterning enable nouns and verbs to be finally separated |
no new evolutionary advances in language |
| ADJECTIVES
* NUMBER * PRIMARY ASPECTS |
CLASSIFI- CATIONAL
COMPOUNDS
* VERBAL INFLECTION |
ADPOSITIONS
* INFLECTIONS * TENSE |
EXPLICITLY
IDENTIFIED
CAUSALITY
* SEPARATION OF NOUNS AND VERBS |
We do not know when the plateau of neutral-type language (actual communicative speech) was reached.
In the course of the Pontic Period (60-40,000 BPE), the phonology of the main innovating
branch of the Proto-Language underwent a massive change from C + E/A/O syllables to Cy a, C
(-)a, Cwa, which enabled nouns and verbs to be finally separated through Ablaut and vowel
patterning since a specific vowel was no longer needed to identify the word semantically.
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