Paleolinguistics

Paleolinguistics is a term used by some linguists for the study of the distant human past by linguistic means. For most historical linguists there is no separate field of paleolinguistics. Those who use the term are generally advocates of hypotheses not generally accepted by mainstream historical linguists, a group colloquially referred to as "long-rangers".[1]

  1. ^ In hot pursuit of language in prehistory : essays in the four fields of anthropology : in honor of Harold Crane Fleming. Bengtson, John D., Fleming, Harold Crane, 1926-. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub. 2008. ISBN 9789027232526. OCLC 309831596.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)