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Comparative Linguistics Has Unsavoury Roots, Here's Why

Comparative Linguistics Has Unsavoury Roots, Here's Why

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Comparative Linguistics Has Unsavoury Roots, Here's Why

In their exhaustive review of researcher Pascale Rabault-Feuerhahn’s book Archives of Origins, philosopher-Indologist Vishwa Adluri and Joydeep Bagchee examine the emergence of racism in the humanities. They argue that Western linguistics (referred simply as linguistics from here on) and anthropolog…

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