Historical linguistics is a crucial field that studies how languages evolve over time, yet it is often misunderstood by both the general public and even some linguists in other subfields. Many myths and misconceptions persist, which can distort our understanding of language change, language families, and linguistic evolution.
Selamun Aleyküm Dr. Mahmut Hocam,
The biggest mistake, they are not aware the acquisation of historical evolution of semantic shifts least happen with the taboo, obscene, sexual, maledictive, insult, cursive, oath, blessing, celebration, criticizing, swearing kinds of terminology due to strong secrecy of perceiving such cognates in terms of proto logical thinking forms, as well as proto biological features- through genes are transmitted- and if historical comparative linguistics seeks to find a genealogical print between some modern languages to recostruct the proto form- them what it is highly probable Swadesh word fish, to swim, cow, dog such non-human secrecy or taboo barrying ones will change, and differ from each other, however, if an arab calls a 'dick' as zübük and in Turkish 'çubuk' too means dick, reed or stick.... they we probably had a common father. ;)
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