Re: IE dialects vs. languages - A Survey? (was : My version)

--- On Fri, 2/20/09, Petr Hrubis <petr.hrubis@...> wrote:

> From: Petr Hrubis <petr.hrubis@...>
> Subject: [tied] IE dialects vs. languages - A Survey? (was : My version)
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 6:20 PM
> 2009/2/20 Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>:
> > That depends entirely on how one chooses to define
> > 'language', and I doubt whether a useful,
> purely linguistic
> > definition is possible.
> >
> > Brian
>
> That's precisely my point.
>
> I suggest that we carry out a survey.
>
> Since phonological, morphological, syntactical and other
> features are
> too language-specific, I think we could start with Swadesh
> list,
> leaving aside the controversial status of lexicostatistical
> methods
> for a while at the same time.
>
> Any suggestions, opinions, comments as to the format,
> purpose and
> usefulness of the survey? ;-)
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Petr

It would be interesting to compare Italian and German "dialects" to Scandinavian and Slavic "languages".