Nick Collins

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Tag: linguistics

  • Linguistic Diffusion Delusions

    Linguistic Diffusion Delusions

    It strikes me that the Out-of-India thesis, which dismantles the Steppe-based Proto-Indo-European (PIE) model, parallels the outdated assumptions that still dominate debates on the origins of English. The Few and the Many In both the Aryan Invasion/Migration model and the standard “Anglo-Saxon origins” model, a small group supposedly arrives speaking an alien language which the…