Re: Language family trees
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Monday, February 3, 2003, 4:59 |
|---|
Tristan wrote:
> Is this saying that there's doubt as to whether languages evolve from
> others?
Well, there is good reason to believe that the family tree isn't ALWAYS
applicable. In many cases, areal diffusion can completely obliterate
any evidence of an original family tree. However, I don't think anyone
believes that the family tree model is *completely* useless.
--
"There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd,
you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." -
overheard
ICQ: 18656696
AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42