Re: [TIED] Nakh-Daghestanian linguistic family ; Celtic & Afro-Asia

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 2537
Date: 2000-05-24

Mark O
>This is glottochronology. I'm suprised a peer-reviewed journal like
> >Science let them get away with this statement without indicating how
> >'controversial' glottochronology is.

Yeah, the date seems reasonable although, being that NEC is so full of odd
changes, it would be easy to push the date further back in the past than it
really is. It would almost seem to me that glottochronology is gaining
acceptance despite any reasoning whatsoever. This supports my claim that the
use of crack is on the rise. :)

- gLeN
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