[b-hebrew] cancellable dynamicity
Rolf Furuli
furuli at online.no
Sun Jun 28 00:35:28 EDT 2009
Dear Yitzak,
You should read a few books of elementary linguistics. In any
language we can speak of grammatical and ungrammatical expressions.
There are unchangeable (synchronic) rules that govern the use of
language, and many words have properties that cannot be changed. If
this were not true, communication between individuals would be very
difficult. To deny that there are unchangeable properties in any
language simply is ridiculous.
So the arguments against this that you and David Kummerow have
presented betrays a lack of elementary linguistic knowledge. This is
a discussion list of BH, so let us get back to the Hebrew language.
Best regards,
Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo
>On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Rolf Furuli wrote:
>>
>> Dear Yitzhaq,
>>
>> I have never said that dynamicty cannot be cancelled, but I have said
>> that in verbs *marked* for dynamicity, dynamicity cannet be
>> cancelled. For example, the verb $yR will in any context be dynamic
>> and durative. So, your example is irrelevant to my theory.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Rolf Furuli
>> University of Oslo
>
>How do you know that "$YR" is "marked for dynamicity" but "NZL"
>is (apparently) not? What does it mean "marked for dynamicity"
>and how does one objectively measure it?
>
>Yitzhak Sapir
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