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Historical Linguistics and Quang Nam Phonology
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This paper briefly describes the methodology used in Historical Linguistics, illustrated with hypotheses about the sources of special rhymes in Quang Nam Vietnamese. It shows that a linguistic hypothesis based on historical events but with no linguistic evidence is simply non- alsifiable and purely speculation
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Historical linguistics, Quang Nam dialect, Thanh Nghe dialects, Chamic languages, sound change
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