Re: [tied] language system

Would you say that the evolution of languages, but obviously not the
number of them, involves exponential growth along with and intertwined
with the exponential growth of society, so that languages have been
increasingly evolving at a progressive rate?
-Michael

On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:44:41 +0200 Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> writes:

> 09-09-03 01:30, Michael wrote:
>
> > Hi, What's the best way to represent the Indo-European language
> > family, or any branch or sub-branch of IE, as a scientific system,
> > with the 5 key components of Inputs, Flows or throughputs, Stores
> or
> > storage areas and Outputs? Or is this even possible and can a
> model
> > of this be made at all?
>
> What for? Is there a one-size-fits-all scientific schema of formal
> representation? And, while we're talking science, I don't think it's
>
> possible for four to equal five.
>
> ;^|
>
> Piotr
>
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