Protolingua

La protolingua o lingua ricostruita è la ricostruzione probabile della lingua originaria di una famiglia linguistica, un gruppo di lingue o un ramo, sulla base di corrispondenze e radici comuni a tale famiglia linguistica che non costituiscano innovazioni o prestiti.^[1]

^ E F K Koerner, Linguistic historiography: projects & prospects, Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science; Ser. 3, Studies in the history of the language sciences, Amsterdam [u.a.], J. Benjamins, 1999, p. 109.
«First, the historical linguist does not reconstruct a language (or part of the language) but a model which represents or is intended to represent the underlying system or systems of such a language.»

[1] E F K Koerner, Linguistic historiography: projects & prospects, Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science; Ser. 3, Studies in the history of the language sciences, Amsterdam [u.a.], J. Benjamins, 1999, p. 109.
«First, the historical linguist does not reconstruct a language (or part of the language) but a model which represents or is intended to represent the underlying system or systems of such a language.»

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