Although not foolproof, it seems like a pretty sound basis to me. FWIW it's pretty much how I decide what is likely/not likely or possible/not possible when people ask me things of a linguistically geeky nature - though that can get pretty fuzzy when you're starting to talk about things for which there is no empirical basis for any assumptions.
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Date: 2010-01-26 01:48 pm (UTC)