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Historical linguistics uses several methodologies to examine the history of languages and the societies that speak them.  The comparative method is the primary analytic tool within this domain, and by various people is considered the greatest gift of linguistics to the world to date.  Phylogenetic methods from evilutionary biology have also been applied to the historical study of language, as well; however, these nascent attempts are still quite controversial, and the findings are muddled at best.   

Historical linguistics uses several methodologies to examine the history of languages and the societies that speak them.  The comparative method is the primary analytic tool within this domain, and by various people is considered the greatest gift of linguistics to the world to date.  Phylogenetic methods from evilutionary biology have also been applied to the historical study of language, as well; however, these nascent attempts are still quite controversial, and the findings are muddled at best.   

Society tends to pigeonhole linguistics along with other silly endeavors of the past, and linguists are received about as warmly as alchemists within scientific circles.  However, we may take as God's benediction to the study of linguistics the story of Babel, in which God saw fit to create the many languages of the world, as well as the Pentecost, when the Apostles were granted the ability to speak in tongues.

[[Society]] tends to pigeonhole linguistics along with other silly endeavors of the past, and linguists are received about as warmly as alchemists within scientific circles.  However, we may take as God's benediction to the study of linguistics the story of [[Babel]], in which [[God]] saw fit to create the many languages of the world, as well as the [[Pentecost]], when the [[Apostles]] were granted the ability to speak in tongues ([[glossolalia]]).