From: Richard Wordingham
Date: 2003-02-03
> But again, there has to be general principles that have to beapplied
> consistently.35 list
>
> There are only two of them:
>
> 1. recurrent sound change
> 2. some words are not borrowable; e.g. Swadesh 100 list, Yakhontov
> etc are formalization of this concept.ling). If
>
> If these postulates are not believed then there is no HL (hist
> HL isI thought it might make discussion easier if I looked up your ideas
> valid and is based on the two postulates, then the postulates are
> believed then they
> have to applied, and applied consistently. No tweaking constantly.