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| − | A monogenetic change, as opposed to a [[polygenetic change|polygenetic one]] is a change or event that happens only once in the diachrony of a system. When a monogenetic change is present in more than one branch of a phylogenetic tree, it can have spread either by common inheritance or contact. When the change occurs in unconnected branches different trees or in branches that do not share an affected ancestor node, it must have spread by contact. Identifying monogenetic changes in languages | + | A monogenetic change, as opposed to a [[polygenetic change|polygenetic one]] is a change or event that happens only once in the diachrony of a system. When a monogenetic change is present in more than one branch of a phylogenetic tree, it can have spread either by common inheritance or contact. When the change occurs in unconnected branches different trees or in branches that do not share an affected ancestor node, it must have spread by contact. Identifying monogenetic changes in ancient corpus-languages within an area is the only way to demonstrate [[language contact | contact]] in a conclusive fashion, although, of course, the judgment about a change being monogenetic is mostly based on probablity and typological prevalence. |
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A monogenetic change, as opposed to a polygenetic one is a change or event that happens only once in the diachrony of a system. When a monogenetic change is present in more than one branch of a phylogenetic tree, it can have spread either by common inheritance or contact. When the change occurs in unconnected branches different trees or in branches that do not share an affected ancestor node, it must have spread by contact. Identifying monogenetic changes in ancient corpus-languages within an area is the only way to demonstrate contact in a conclusive fashion, although, of course, the judgment about a change being monogenetic is mostly based on probablity and typological prevalence.
Example
An example from the Anatolian and peri-Anatolian area is offered by the history and evolution of cuneiform writing. The use of the sign PI to write the values /wa/, /we/, /wi/, /wu/ in some peripheral cuneiform syllabaries is a monogenetic trait, as it has a very low chance to have occurred independently (Gamkrelidze 1961; cf. also Giusfredi - Merlin 2018).
References
Gamkrelidze, Th. V. 1961. The Akkado-Hittite Syllabary and the Problem of the Origin of the Hittite Script. In: Archiv Orientální 29, 406-418. Giusfredi, F. and Merlin, S. 2018, A contact-based study of the languages and cultures of Pre-Classical Anatolia: the project PALaC, News from the lands of the Hittites 2018, 95-104.
