Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: beyond langauges

--- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: beyond langauges
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> > --- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:
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> > ...
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> > > Like so many, you can find so many reasons for
> > > putting off stating your
> > > position.
> > >
> > > I ask again: has it been proven that PIE and PAA
> are
> > > related - in your
> > > opinion?
> >
> > My opinion is that they are very likely related
> but I
> > don't see proof positive yet and if it started me
> in
> > the face I might not recognize it.
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> Patrick:
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> Define the characteristics of "proof positive" for
> you in this context if
> you would.
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> ***

I'd need to see reconstructions with sound
correspondences that work for all proposed languages
at the level of Nostratic and AA. We can't do that yet
because we don't even have reconstructions for all the
language families. How can you work with AA if you
aren't even sure what it is? The same can be said of
Altaic. In any case, comparing IE and AA is not enough
--what about Uralic, Altaic et al? You have to be thorough.


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