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Chapter 2 discusses the misconceptions in early Indo-European linguistics, particularly the undue emphasis on Sanskrit as a prototype language. It outlines three interpretations of language age, emphasizing that true linguistic continuity precludes categorizing one language as older than another in absolute terms. The chapter critiques the tendency to treat the earliest attested languages as representative of their entire groups, leading to significant misunderstandings in the study of language development.
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