nary comparison 1 strongly support alexis mr message nary comparison stronger binary comparison real minds work pragmatics going false trails issue puzzled mentions exceptional case ternary comparison could ever worse binary even third language included divergent loan vocabulary whatever therefore poses extra problems barriers consequence ternary status comparison language included one member binary comparison problems would presumably 2 respond earlier lack time preference nary comparison claim nary multiple binary obviously false notion one engaging comparison one needs use dictionary obviously false alice faber answered one restriction enforced knowledge would far less securely supposed restrictions convenience linguist analyst artificially restricting data available make seem analyst knowledge complete task give greater artificial sense psychological security goes along statement historical linguists never want make mistake course none us willing order advance knowledge even want make immune act disregarding data far afield sometimes lead mistakes always possible trying discover answers know answers advance rather human gigantic problems beyond us completely solve attempts partial solutions imply guilt wrongdoing way implies attempt solve problems tolerant others efforts use best part always 3 j org knappen suggestion families classes orders la biologists seem useful suggestions clues use one terms presumably sophisticated measure degree shared genetic material would analogous biological usages rather simple lexicostatistical measure lloyd anderson