Re: Untangling Our Past: Languages, Trees, Splits and Networks

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 57546
Date: 2008-04-17

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Networks


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
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> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:50 AM
> Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] Untangling Our Past: Languages,
> Trees, Splits and Networks
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> > From: "mkelkar2003" <swatimkelkar@...>
> > To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:44 PM
> > Subject: [tied] Untangling Our Past: Languages, Trees, Splits and
> > Networks
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> > http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/cache/papers/cs/30800/http:zSzzSzwww.mcb.mcgill.cazSz~bryantzSzHomePagezSzPaperszSz04LanguageNets.pdf/untangling-our-past-languages.pdf
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> > [Warning: this PDF is about 3.1 MB. -BMS]
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> > ***
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> > Patrick:
> >
> > Thank you. Very nice material again!
> >
> >
> > ***
>
> I'm not so sure it's nice.
> The mixture of cladistic method plus glottochronology plus standard
> stammbaum is unsound.
>
> That's cassoulet à la choucroute avec couscous garni.
>
> Arnaud

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Patrick:

Oui. Bon appetit!


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