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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 31: 47 - Suffix -UT
  • Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:45:06 -0500

David,

What you are saying now is intriguing. Do you think that a language is impossible with only an A vowel? Am I doomed trying to undo Dr. Zamenhof and invent a new AspArAntA?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Nov 29, 2007, at 1:21 AM, David Kummerow wrote:

Which is an erroneous, and -- as always it seems -- linguistically unsubstantiated assumption on your part. Human beings are unable to speak such a theoretical construct and has been proven through the typological documentation of languages world-wide.

Regards,
David Kummerow.


David,
You have said
"Actually, I said, and have said, a lot more than that."
I know. I would greatly prefer, though, to stay focused on one thing at a time.
I have said it often and very clearly before, and I will say it again:
Every U and I in a Hebrew word is a universal identity marker [aka personal pronoun], invariably. There is no such thing in Hebrew as a "vowel", except for A. The idea of the vowel is an alien carry-over into Hebrew from Indo-European grammar.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 29, 2007, at 12:06 AM, David Kummerow wrote:






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