Re: Word Order in typology

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:27:51 -0000, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
>>> It would be much fun to see any plausible explanation of language
>>> diversity based on Genesis 10. Until now I thought there were noprofessional linguists
>>> trying to speculate about such things. I'd love to,but I don't feel myself
>>> qualified enough ;)
>
> One can probably do whatever one wants with a myth.
Indeed, I've seen Babel used to suggest both that all languages can be traced
to a common source à la Proto-World, and that it is impossible to do so--depending,
apparently, on the manner and degree in which the languages were confused.




	*Muke!
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