| He added that their argument assumed a constant rate of language change, the very point they know is wrong in glottochronology. |
| Because of these and other problems, many linguists have given up on glottochronology, showing more interest in an ingenious dating method known as linguistic paleontology. |
| The basic fallacy of glottochronology lies in the fact that it a priori assumes that all languages change at the same rate all the time. |
| Despite the outcry, glottochronology is still employed, but in mathematically increasingly complex and conceptually more sophisticated models. |
| New methods in glottochronology provide logical and empirical proof that the second assumption is true. |
| Many of the papers in these volumes show a revival of interest in the much criticised techniques of glottochronology and lexicostatistics. |
