Models of Change in Language and Archaeology By Colin Renfrew

https://www.academia.edu/60517290/Models_of_Change_in_Language_and_Archaeology?email_work_card=title It is a great honour to be invited to address the Philological Society, particularly for one without formal training or indeed any competence in the field of linguistics. I do so with some trepidation, knowing that if you do not already do so, you will soon come to share the view of no less an authority than Professor Igor Diakonoff, pronounced in his generally very positive review in the Journal of Armenian Linguistics of my recent book: 'Renfrew's erudition in linguistics is insufficient' (Diakonoff 1988: 79). ...