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  • From: "Peter Kirk" <Peter_R_Kirk AT hotmail.com>
  • To: "'Biblical Hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Language Laws
  • Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:25:59 +1100


That's not the analytic method based on paradigms and vocabulary lists,
that's analogous to learning Hebrew by reading straight from the
original texts. Though I guess your ex-POW knew the alphabet before he
started.

Peter Kirk
peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com
http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: c stirling bartholomew [mailto:cc.constantine AT worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: 20 December 2002 13:11
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: Language Laws
>
<snip>
>
> The analytical approach works even with modern languages. I know a man
who
> taught himself to read English by reading labels on condensed milk
cans
> while being held in British POW camp. He now reads English like a
champ.
>
> greetings, clay
>
>
> --
> Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
> Three Tree Point
> P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062
>




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