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Title: prior experience a must
Review: 1st of all, historical/comparative linguistics is not something for beginners. historical linguistics in itself doesn't start in college until the 300 level; that means you probablly should have 3 or 4 linguistics classes under your belt already.2nd historical linguistics is a mountain to climb as it is. without a teacher i don't think anyone could obtain a thorough understanding.3rd i personally met brian joseph and that guy knows his stuff.I'm not getting down on the other comment but you gotta crawl before you walk and this is no beginner's book.
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