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innovation

Progress of change. innovation. competition between variants. resolution of competition. stable situation. Methods of reconstruction. Tools:. Occam’s razor. Regularity of Sound change. Maori. Hawaiian. Samoan. Fijian. gloss. pou. pou. pou. bou. ‘post’. tapu. kapu. tapu. tabu.

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  1. Progress of change innovation competition between variants resolution of competition stable situation

  2. Methods of reconstruction Tools: Occam’s razor Regularity of Sound change

  3. Maori Hawaiian Samoan Fijian gloss pou pou pou bou ‘post’ tapu kapu tapu tabu ‘forbidden’ taNi kani taNi taNi ‘cry’ Methods of reconstruction Establish correspondences: p p p b t k t t N n N N

  4. Methods of reconstruction Propose a potential reconstruction: *p p p p b t k t t N n N N *t *N

  5. Maori Hawaiian Samoan Fijian gloss hono hono fono vono ‘stay, sit’ kaho /aho /aso kaso ‘thatch’ hina hina sina - ‘grey’ h h f v h h s s h h s -

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