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    "pk": 53838,
    "title": "Restoring “Nile-Nubian”: How to Balance Lexicostatistics and Etymology in Historical Research on Nubian Languages",
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    "abstract": "The paper offers a critical analysis of the proposal to dismantle the genetic unity of the so-called Nile-Nubian languages by positioning one of its former constituents, the Nobiin language, as the earliest oshoot from the Common Nubian stem. Combining straightforward lexicostatistical methodology with more scrupulous etymological analysis of the material, I argue that the evidence in favor of the hypothesis that Nobiin is the earliest offshoot may and, in fact, should rather be interpreted as evidence for a strong lexical substrate in Nobiin, accounting for its accelerated rate of change in comparison to the closely related Kenuzi–Dongolawi (Mattokki–Andaandi) cluster.",
    "language": "en",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial  4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "comparative linguistics"
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        {
            "word": "Nilo-Saharan"
        },
        {
            "word": "glottochronology"
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        {
            "word": "lexicostatistics"
        },
        {
            "word": "Nubian"
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        {
            "word": "West Nilotic"
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    "section": "Articles",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6663f1nt",
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            "first_name": "George",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Starostin",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2021-02-23T19:27:20Z",
    "date_accepted": "2021-02-23T19:27:20Z",
    "date_published": "2020-12-23T08:00:00Z",
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