Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

Sorry, obviously this:

"[hi'] (3ms anaphoric pronoun)"

should read: "[hi'] (3fs anaphoric pronoun).

Regards,
David Kummerow.



> Before I commit to what I said about entirely retiring from this 
> discussion:
>
> 1. Typological analysis of known human languages has convincingly 
> demonstrated that human language minimally requires three vowels.
>
> 2. Since you obviously do not understand phonemics, let me briefly 
> demonstrate: [hu'] (3ms anaphoric pronoun) and [hi'] (3ms anaphoric 
> pronoun) form a minimal pair allowing for the identification of the 
> phonemes /u/ and /i/. They are thus phonemes -- not identity markers. 
> The fact that they may be used as such is entirely secondary -- which 
> means that not every 'u' or 'i' is an identity marker. Other linguistic 
> criteria isolate these phonemes as vowels, distinguishing them from the 
> consonantal phonemes.
>
> 3. The fact that you are oblivious to these facts necessitates that you 
> really should read up on basic linguistics and until you do so your 
> thoughts cannot be taken at all seriously.
>
> Regards,
> David Kummerow.
>
>
>
> > 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: