Re: [tied] Re: Convergence in the formatin of IE subgroups

Thank you again, Mr. Kelkar.

The Ballester essay is a strong presentation of why the argument against reconstruction of a proto-language based of language change should not be automatically regarded as conclusive.

Patrick

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From: mkelkar2003

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Subject: [tied] Re: Convergence in the formatin of IE subgroups

> > > http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~garrett/IEConvergence.pdf
>> Is there a Table of Contents or equivalent on the Web somewhere, or
> shall I just go ahead and spend $40?
> Dan
>

Perhaps the following link will help:

http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/Publications/publications.htm

The convergence model can be combined with the paleolithic continuity
theory i.e the PIE dialects have existed for a very long time and the
appearance of recently splitting families is because of the convergence
of neighboring dialects and secondary semantic shifts.

http://www.continuitas.com/ballester_equilibrium.pdf

M. Kelkar

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