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- From: hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey)
- Newsgroups: sci.lang
- Subject: Re: Correlation Lengths of Language Changes
- Message-ID: <Jan.21.21.59.51.1993.902@pilot.njin.net>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 02:59:51 GMT
- References: <Jan.18.22.30.55.1993.10130@pilot.njin.net> <1ji1bdINNdd8@pith.uoregon.edu> <Jan.20.02.07.28.1993.4407@pilot.njin.net> <1jkcv3INN9i2@pith.uoregon.edu>
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- The idea is that for longer time spans, there are other factors to
- consider. The Eskimos and North American Indians did not turn
- blond and blue eyed in > 10,000 years, so that something of
- a much large scale is happening. The point was in indicating
- that time-scaling and distance-scaling have to be correctly
- taken into account.
-
- We don't have linguistic histories dating back to 10,000 years
- ago.
-
- Inchorence is also in the mind of the beholder.
-
- It will be all clear once you read the whole thing.
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- mark
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