Heterodox linguistics

Within the scope of this wiki, extraordinary claims are statements, typically made by academics, that, while not constituting linguocrankery, have not been argued for convincingly enough to gather significant support in mainstream academia, all the while having wide-ranging consequences if true. Of course, to some extent this is subjective. That would be the fun part.

This wiki is interested in extraordinary claims, because while they are not linguocrankery in themselves, they are often used as ammunition for pushing linguocrankery (or even further extraordinary claims).

Notable generators of extraordinary claims

 * Daniel Everett
 * John McWhorter