[b-hebrew] Blau's explanation for how ultimate stress became in Hebrew
Isaac Fried
if at math.bu.edu
Mon Aug 2 13:28:37 EDT 2010
The may exist in Hotentote, but they don't exist in Hebrew. What is
"Consider Akkadian"?
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Aug 2, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Uri Hurwitz wrote:
> They exist now. Just consider Arabic as an example.
> There is no reason to assume that they didn't exist
> before. Consider Akkadian as an example.
>
> And take a look at the meter of Medieval Hebrew
> poetry.
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> Uri Hurwitz Wilmington VT
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> I don't believe in short and long vowels. They don't
> exist now, and there is no reason for them to have
> existed before. Prof. Blau seems to have a lively
> imagination.
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> Isaac Fried, Boston University
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