Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

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: