From: H.M. Hubey
Message: 419
Date: 2003-02-22
No, I was thinking exactly of identity. Languages take time to change. In that time period one of them will change much faster than others
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miguel Carrasquer" <mcv@...>
To: <Nostratica@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Nostratica] Proto-Celtic
> That would violate the second law of thermodynamics.
A good point. In this universe, language simply cannot be transmitted from generation to generation without _any_ irreversible changes. I suppose, however, that H.M.Hubey was thinking of great similarity rather than complete identity, and so the question was quite legitimate.
and there may be one that does not change at all. Stochastic behavior even allows for that.
Piotr
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