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Introduction: how are languages shown to be related to one another? | |
The beginning of comparative linguistics | |
'Asiatic Jones, Oriental Jones': Sir William Jones' role in the rise of comparative linguistics | |
Consolidation of the comparative linguistics | |
How some languages were shown to belong to Indo-European | |
Comparative linguistics of other languages and regions | |
How to show languages are related: the methods | |
The philosophical-psychological-typological-evolutionary approach to language relationships | |
Assessment of proposed distant genetic relationships | |
Beyond the comparative method? | |
Why and how do languages diversify and spread? | |
What can we learn about the earliest human language by comparing languages known today? | |
Conclusions: anticipating the future | |
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