Re: Languages Evolve in Punctuational Bursts

Mr. Kelkar sends us information on subjects that are of interest to, I
hazard a guess, to most list members - certainly they are to me.

Punctuated equilibrium is a concept to which I personally subscribe, and I
am glad to see more people productively developing it.


Patrick

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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Languages Evolve in Punctuational Bursts


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mkelkar2003
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 5:45 PM
> Subject: [Courrier indésirable] [tied] Languages Evolve in Punctuational
> Bursts
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> http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/319/5863/588
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> http://henry.simon.net.nz/stories/2008/02/01/punctuated-equilibrium-and-
> the-evolution-of-languages/
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> http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bowern/Mypapers/Punceq.pdf
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> What is the relevance of these people
> who are not even linguists ?
>
> Arnaud
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