Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

> David:
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 6:27 PM, David Kummerow<farmerjoeblo at 
> hotmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > Hi Karl,
>  >
>  > So dialects don't have semantics, is that what you're saying?
>
> Are you stupid? Of course they do. Just different ones from those of
> the standard language.

OK, good. Then please outline for me the uncancellable meaning of "plod" 
over the examples I gave. Of course, this might differ from your own 
"standard" use of English. That's fine. But if we are to have semantics 
as uncancellable meaning, then there must be an uncancellable meaning to 
"plod" (of course, I myself cannot see one, but I'm not the one wanting 
to defend a definition of semantics as uncancellable meaning). Or else 
the theory of uncancellable meaning isn't substantiated.

And why don't you still want to comment upon the Lyélé and Udihe 
examples? You wanted me to provide non-dialect examples and I produced a 
couple for you. And now you refrain from trying to find an uncancellable 
meaning with them same as with "plod".

Regards,
David Kummerow.