03-05-2013, 05:13 AM
Based on the description in the article, it looks like glottochronology; I haven't seen the original paper. And although I'm not familiar with all the problems, I know there is a lot of criticism of glottochronology, and there have been attempts to update glottochronology to respond to the criticism.
One issue is that the time difference between Homeric Greek and Hittite depends on the date of divergence between 'classical' Indo-European and Anatolian, and that is controversial.
One issue is that the time difference between Homeric Greek and Hittite depends on the date of divergence between 'classical' Indo-European and Anatolian, and that is controversial.
