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Some very amusing debate on this page. :)I've nowt against the Anatolian hypothesis in general, but this methodology is absolutely useless, as Mr Sanchis pointed out. It rests on several patently false assumptions.1. Rate of cognate retention can accurately date separation of languages.2. Cognates are retained at a similar rate in different languages.3. Cognates can always be identified, and distinguished from loans.4. Sprachbund effects, surrsupeb-st/ata and other forms of language contact don't increase or decrease rate of cognate retention.5. Standard dialects accurately reflect the true linguistic diversity of a language.
Some very amusing debate on this page. :)I've nowt against the Anatolian hypothesis in general, but this methodology is absolutely useless, as Mr Sanchis pointed out. It rests on several patently false assumptions.1. Rate of cognate retention can accurately date separation of languages.2. Cognates are retained at a similar rate in different languages.3. Cognates can always be identified, and distinguished from loans.4. Sprachbund effects, surrsupeb-st/ata and other forms of language contact don't increase or decrease rate of cognate retention.5. Standard dialects accurately reflect the true linguistic diversity of a language.