Sunday, June 17, 2007
On the description and representation of the languages development
The problem is - how to simply represent all the beuty of world languages development. Such languge family tree models are too simple to represent reality.Ever such simplification looses important information but there arethe other possibilities.My idea is - a sequence of maps havingvertical - time dimension and horizontal - geographical plus lots oftied to locations on maps files containing information about languages startingfrom the beginning. Physically, it is possible to buy hundreds of the maps, to draw different regions and to tie some paper or books full of information, but the problem is - to find empty sport hall to create the model of the world languages development (joke). Really, such approach is possible to realise in the virtual space and this will be created during next thirty years, I hope. Someone clicks on the time scale and on the map for location and obtains necessary all known information including not only language specifity but genetical typeand hystorical development too and the main languagesdevelopment features and trends. The new model of indoeuropean similarities I've presented consistsof basic strata - the VIth genetical group language 35 000 BC, and the main stream - the IXth genetical group language used somewherein Asia and transported into Europe.The next multistrata - European languages, when european population wascompressed at the LGM (Last glacial maximum)time. The nextmultistrata represents neolithical influencies and inovations knownas indoeuropean. And every language and language step of course mustbe connected according to the model of development.Tremendous contstruction, but reality is much more complex than anymodel. The problem is how to choose enough adequate abstract model not loosing important information.
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