The Indo-European controversy : facts and fallacies in historical linguistics /
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Indo-European debate and why it matters
- Part I. The Vexatious History of Indo-European Studies
- Ideology and interpretation from the 1700s to the 1970s
- Anatolia vs. the Steppes
- Part II. The Failings of the Bayesian Phylogenetic Research Program
- What theory we want and what theory we get
- Linguistic fallacies of the Bayesian phylogenetic model
- Dating problems of the Bayesian phylogenetic model
- The historical-geographical failure of the Bayesian phylogenetic model
- Unwarranted assumptions
- Part III. Searching for Indo-European Origins
- Why linguists don't do dates, or do they?
- Triangulating the Indo-European homeland
- The non-mystery of Indo-European expansion
- Whither historical linguistics?
- Conclusion: What is at stake in the Indo-European debate.