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From: "J. S. Philobiblos" <info@caratzas.com>
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Let us not start all over again. I  seem to remember that a kind member of the
list already recommended Cambell's excellent and accessible book on historical
linguistics.

C. Caratzas

S S wrote:

> "J. S. Philobiblos" <info@caratzas.com> wrote:
> >"I can imagine that such a
> >thesis would belong to the school of extreme Greek cultural chauvinism that
> >also
> >denies that proto Indo-european exists...<snip>
>
> Now, I hope that nobody decides to put words in my mouth or misconstrue my
> intention... but, I was under the impression that the proto Indo-European
> origin theory was just that... a *theory*, one that lacks any conclusive
> evidence for its establishment.  Has there been any hard evidence produced
> for the existence of proto-Indo-European, aside from relatively recent
> conjectural linguistics?  Have there been any discoveries of inscriptions
> etc., in the so-called proto Indo-European `language'?  Exactly how and when
> did the proto Indo-European theory develop?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>
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