GREEK PREHISTORY AND IE (EVIDENCE?)

JoatSimeon at aol.com JoatSimeon at aol.com
Tue Feb 8 21:21:25 UTC 2000


>X99Lynx at aol.com writes:

<< And not a paragraph before that you say 'You do not GET uniform languages
 over large areas.' >>

-- now you're descending to selective quotation.  You do not GET uniform
languages over large areas for a long period.

If you find a large, linguistically uniform area, it's a certain indication
of a _recent spread_ of the language in question.

This is a truism found in any textbook.



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