This is Not the Whole (Number) Story—An Anthropological Linguistic Study of Non-Integral Person in Åriðmatçəl Verbs—Claude Searsplainpockets SpecGram Vol CLIV, No 1 Contents <i>Linguistics for Lazy People</i>—Psammeticus Press

Cartoon Theories of Linguistics
Part 九—Lexicostatistics vs. Glottochronology

Phineas Q. Phlogiston, Ph.D.
Unintentional University of Lghtnbrgstn

If you are new to Cartoon Theories of Linguistics, please review back issues of this journal. Now let us consider the fundamental difference between Lexicostatistics and Glottochronology:

Lexicostatistics

Glottochronology

Up next: Feeding and Bleeding with guest cartoonist Erin Taylor.

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This is Not the Whole (Number) Story—An Anthropological Linguistic Study of Non-Integral Person in Åriðmatçəl Verbs—Claude Searsplainpockets
Linguistics for Lazy People—Psammeticus Press
SpecGram Vol CLIV, No 1 Contents