Indo-Semitic

As much as the tired Indo-Semitic theory presented in this book is an immediate write-off, I still think that some of these ideas may be of use little use, but a use nonetheless in hinting at what would more plausibly be evidence of borrowings and contact between early stages of Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Semitic rather than of outright linguistic relationship.

Pre-IE Syncope and possibly expanding the Metathesis rule 2008

How did he go astray like so many other misguided souls that fumble about with their painfully doomed Indo-Semitic comparisons?

Archive 2008-02-01 2008

As much as the tired Indo-Semitic theory presented in this book is an immediate write-off, I still think that some of these ideas may be of use little use, but a use nonetheless in hinting at what would more plausibly be evidence of borrowings and contact between early stages of Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Semitic rather than of outright linguistic relationship.

Archive 2008-07-01 2008

How did he go astray like so many other misguided souls that fumble about with their painfully doomed Indo-Semitic comparisons?

The early Illych-Svitych on Indo-European and early Semitic contacts 2008

You can find previous explorations into "Indo-Semitic" in the mid 19th-century and if you really dig deep, there are interesting nuggets from classical Greek authors about language origins.

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

You can find previous explorations into "Indo-Semitic" in the mid 19th-century and if you really dig deep, there are interesting nuggets from classical Greek authors about language origins.

What is Nostratic Theory? 2007