Re: One, first, head, finger

Mathematics based comparative method.

For the first time the results can be said to be "rigorous" instead of "heuristic".

The best part is not the math. That can be found in a chapter on any book on
statistics. The best part is all the linguistics he goes through to explain why
all that must be done.

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

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>> Is Kessler's research some kind of watershed in historical linguistics? :)

> Yes. And I am serious...

What's so outstanding about it? And I'm really curious.

Piotr


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