"[I]t can be very difficult to determine whether a word truly is inherited from the Proto-Indo-European vocabulary or …"

"It is disappointing to have to say that at present there seems to be no hope of estimating objectively and with a use…"

"We must not make the mistake of confusing our methods, and the results flowing from them, with the facts; we must not…"

"No reputable linguist pretends that Proto-Indo-European reconstructions represent a reality, and the unpronounceabili…"

"Hermann goes even further: complete forms cannot be reconstructed at all, only single sounds, and even these are mean…"

"Examples could be multiplied to show that language, long held to be the main, if not the sole, differentiating mark o…"

"A question therefore arises: what is the relevance of archaeological material if any sort of assemblage present at th…"

"Linguists cannot associate an archaeological culture with words, syntax, and grammar, and archaeologists cannot make …"

"Contemporary methodologies, linguistic or archaeological, for determining the spoken language of a remote archaeologi…"

"In the context of a renewed fashion of relating archaeology, culture, and language it is well to remember that neithe…"