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So do I. I'd already read the abstract but can't get any further. Tim Send a noteboard - 18/04/2011 08:51:38 AM
So of necessity this had to be an instinctive judgement based on not much evidence. I did e-mail LanguageLog about it though, and there's now an article pointing out potential problems. (Lest it seem as though I'm claiming to be the only person to have pointed it out to them, I'm sure that's not the case.)

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Phonemic diversity decays "out of Africa"?
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/Science: From the NYT: Phonetic Clues Hint Language Is Africa-Born - 15/04/2011 06:24:38 PM 1168 Views
Interesting. - 15/04/2011 07:05:27 PM 548 Views
I don't have enough information about to say it is wrong but I do have questions - 15/04/2011 07:07:39 PM 613 Views
The point - which isn't made very clear in this article, but I read it elsewhere - is diversity. - 15/04/2011 09:44:37 PM 662 Views
Re: Your posts are 95% pure gold. *NM* - 16/04/2011 01:35:31 AM 245 Views
I still fail to see why South Africa would have more diversity. - 17/04/2011 07:44:19 PM 659 Views
I can't assess it without reading the whole paper. - 15/04/2011 11:25:22 PM 584 Views
It does not sound like rubbish to me. I have an MA in linguistics. - 17/04/2011 04:38:35 PM 567 Views
So do I. I'd already read the abstract but can't get any further. - 18/04/2011 08:51:38 AM 662 Views
Have written to LanguageLog to ask what they think. - 15/04/2011 11:35:12 PM 544 Views
Re: *NM* - 15/04/2011 11:35:40 PM 299 Views
Something like this? - 17/04/2011 04:41:31 PM 605 Views
Indeed. Thanks for posting it. - 18/04/2011 08:52:25 AM 547 Views
Re: Indeed. Thanks for posting it. - 18/04/2011 08:55:29 AM 563 Views

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