Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Rolf Furuli <furuli AT online.no>]

Dear Yitzak,

You should read a few books of elementary linguistics. In any 
language  we can speak of grammatical and ungrammatical expressions. 
There are unchangeable (synchronic) rules that govern the use of 
language, and many words have properties that cannot be changed. If 
this were not true, communication between individuals would be very 
difficult. To deny that there are unchangeable properties in any 
language simply is ridiculous.

So the arguments against this that you and David Kummerow have 
presented betrays a lack of elementary linguistic knowledge. This is 
a discussion list of BH, so let us get back to the Hebrew language.

Best regards,

Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo





> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Rolf Furuli wrote:
> >  Dear Yitzhaq,
> >
> >  I have never said that dynamicty cannot be cancelled, but I have said
> >  that in verbs *marked* for dynamicity, dynamicity cannet be
> >  cancelled. For example, the verb $yR will in any context be dynamic
> >  and durative. So, your example is irrelevant to my theory.
> >
> >  Best regards,
> >
> >  Rolf Furuli
> >  University of Oslo
>
> How do you know that "$YR" is "marked for dynamicity" but "NZL"
> is (apparently) not?  What does it mean "marked for dynamicity"
> and how does one objectively measure it?
>
> Yitzhak Sapir
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