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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 1355 Views
Interesting. - 15/04/2011 07:05:27 PM 612 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 705 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 748 Views
Re: Your posts are 95% pure gold. *NM* - 16/04/2011 01:35:31 AM 280 Views
I still fail to see why South Africa would have more diversity. - 17/04/2011 07:44:19 PM 739 Views
I can't assess it without reading the whole paper. - 15/04/2011 11:25:22 PM 661 Views
It does not sound like rubbish to me. I have an MA in linguistics. - 17/04/2011 04:38:35 PM 643 Views
So do I. I'd already read the abstract but can't get any further. - 18/04/2011 08:51:38 AM 746 Views
Have written to LanguageLog to ask what they think. - 15/04/2011 11:35:12 PM 610 Views
Re: *NM* - 15/04/2011 11:35:40 PM 420 Views
Something like this? - 17/04/2011 04:41:31 PM 688 Views
Indeed. Thanks for posting it. - 18/04/2011 08:52:25 AM 619 Views
Re: Indeed. Thanks for posting it. - 18/04/2011 08:55:29 AM 632 Views

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