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  • From: David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>
  • To: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Question
  • Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:29:00 +1100


Hi Isaac,

Quite simply: *Why* do I "have it all wrong"? You have failed to provide anything but the expected rhetoric! Why is it that I should accept you when you say that I can "safely shed [the language of gender-marking] from [my] vocabulary" when you provide no substantive argument or evidence as to why? Why are my postings simply "improvised logic" when I am simply restating standard linguistic positions and standard analysis of BH? How is this "improvised" when it is the standard and traditional positions? Where is the evidence supported your position? What is the linguistic theory explaining this evidence in this alternate way against everyone else?

I have looked at your book and there is no such evidence -- just the same subjective analysis you present on this list eschewing any attention to basic linguistic theory and methodology. There is no interaction with secondary literature -- something expected in standard academic works in our field. There is simply no attempt to position your theory in relation to the consensus position, and no attempt at arguing why you explanations are in fact better. The results of your research are just plain wrong because you have avoided the fundamentals. Like I said, before: you would require of someone attempting algebra to be familiar and able in the basics of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division else fundamental mistakes would likely be made. I have raised a number of fundamental issues with your theory which still await proper treatment by you. My opinion that you are unable to do so awaits debunking.

Regards,
David Kummerow.


David,

You have it all wrong. The "gender-marking" is a figment of your (or your mentors') imagination. You can safely shed it from your vocabulary.
It is crystal clear to me now that not only did you not put so much as a dent in "my theories", but that you have shown yourself also still quite confused as to what the Hebrew language is all about.
I suggest that you read my book and pay close attention to my postings on this list.
I am sorry that my responses to you are often curt, but I sometimes find the improvised logic of you postings so frustrating as to render them unanswerable.
Isaac Fried, Boston University






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