Merits and Limits of Renfrew's Theory

Mario Alinei, Merits and Limits of Renfrew's Theory, "Quaderni di Semantica" 27, 2006. Translation from Italian, with revisions, of Chapter 10 (Meriti e limiti della teoria di Renfrew) of Origini delle lingue d'Europa, Vol. I, La teoria della continuità, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1996. English translation by S. Kostic. https://web.archive.org/web/20241025213053/http://www.continuitas.org/texts/alinei_merits.pdf