Biblical Hebrew Forum

[peter_kirk AT sil.org]

Dear Rolf and other friends,

I can only agree with your initial sentence. However, I think I am 
speaking the same language as Rocine, Niccacci, Comrie, and the 
majority of interpreters of Hebrew modern and not so modern and also 
many linguists. At least I am trying to do so, and would welcome 
correction if I am not doing so. (I have also made a considerable 
effort to try to understand and respond in your language e.g. exactly 
what you mean by "deictic point".) If you are not able to speak their 
language, even to be able to argue against their conclusions, I fear 
that you will continue to be frustrated at the lack of other response 
to your postings to this list. Because I am wondering who else speaks 
your language? There is a real human language listed somewhere in the 
Ethnologue which has one surviving speaker who uses it to talk with 
God. I think otherwise she would be rather lonely! This may have been 
her mother tongue, but presumably she has learned some other language 
as well in order to communicate with others. Maybe you need to do 
something similar.

Peter KIrk


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Subject: Re[2]: Can Hebrew "tense" be relative to context not deictic
Author:  <furuli AT online.no> at Internet 
Date:    10/10/1999 02:46


Dear Peter,

It is evident that we speak two different languages as far as linguistic 
analysis is concerned. Our standpoints have been presented, so I see no 
purpose in continuing this thread.


Regards
Rolf


Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo








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