[b-hebrew] GAGA Hebrew ?! (was Perception . . .)

James Spinti JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com
Fri Jan 22 11:24:32 EST 2010


James,

It seems that everything I send you becomes an endorsement of your
theory. How can that be? And it is not just my comments, but those of
others. How can every critique suddenly become another endorsement?

I am going to bow out of this discussion, as I feel that it isn't going
anywhere. It reminds me of some other discussions that go on ad nauseam
here about patriarchal narratives.

James 
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-----Original Message-----
From: James Christian [mailto:jc.bhebrew at googlemail.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:43 AM
To: James Spinti
Cc: b-hebrew
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] GAGA Hebrew ?! (was Perception . . .)

Every system is ambiguous. That's my whole point! It's impossible to
make one that is unambigous because it is impossible to discern the
beginnings and ends of perceived sounds. This is why sliding window
techniques work best. 

The point here is 'What level of perception was at play when they
implemented this ambiguous system?' Was it the syllable level or was it
the consonant vowel level? That's the question.

James Christian

2010/1/22 James Spinti <JSpinti at eisenbrauns.com>



	James,
	
	Are you aware of the multi-valency of cuneiform symbols? The
same symbol
	can represent many sounds; that is one of the reasons it took
quite some
	time for Akkadian to be deciphered.
	
	James
	________________________________
	James Spinti
	Marketing Director, Book Sales Division
	Eisenbrauns, Good books for more than 30 years
	Specializing in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies
	jspinti at eisenbrauns dot com
	Web: http://www.eisenbrauns.com
	Phone: 574-269-2011 ext 226
	Fax: 574-269-6788
	

	-----Original Message-----
	From: b-hebrew-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
	[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of James
Christian
	Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:32 AM
	To: Randall Buth
	Cc: Hebrew
	Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] GAGA Hebrew ?! (was Perception . . .)
	
	P.P.S. Your data from Akkadian only shows neighbouring people
working at
	the
	same level of perception. That of the level of the syllable. The
fact
	that
	they discerned more is not indicative of the perception of those
who
	implemented the Hebrew alphabet. It just shows that the two
groups
	perceived
	a different number of unique syllables at a level high enough to
be
	worth
	encoding the difference. Again. The sooner you acknowledge this
the
	sooner
	we can start having a serious linguistic discussion.
	
	James Christian
	
	<snip>
	
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