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- The Indo-European Controversy
- The Indo-European Controversy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Book part
- Introduction: the Indo-European debate and why it matters
- Part I The vexatious history of Indo-European studies
- Part II The failings of the Bayesian phylogenetic research program
- 3 What theory we want and what theory we get
- 4 Linguistic fallacies of the Bayesianphylogenetic model
- 5 Dating problems of the Bayesian phylogeneticmodel
- 6 The historical-geographical failure of the Bayesianphylogenetic model
- 7 Unwarranted assumptions
- Part III Searching for Indo-European origins
- Book part
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - What theory we want and what theory we get
from Part II - The failings of the Bayesian phylogenetic research program
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
- The Indo-European Controversy
- The Indo-European Controversy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Book part
- Introduction: the Indo-European debate and why it matters
- Part I The vexatious history of Indo-European studies
- Part II The failings of the Bayesian phylogenetic research program
- 3 What theory we want and what theory we get
- 4 Linguistic fallacies of the Bayesianphylogenetic model
- 5 Dating problems of the Bayesian phylogeneticmodel
- 6 The historical-geographical failure of the Bayesianphylogenetic model
- 7 Unwarranted assumptions
- Part III Searching for Indo-European origins
- Book part
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Indo-European ControversyFacts and Fallacies in Historical Linguistics, pp. 55 - 63Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015