Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

Every system is ambiguous. That's my whole point! It's impossible to make
one that is unambigous because it is impossible to discern the beginnings
and ends of perceived sounds. This is why sliding window techniques work
best.

The point here is 'What level of perception was at play when they
implemented this ambiguous system?' Was it the syllable level or was it the
consonant vowel level? That's the question.

James Christian

2010/1/22 James Spinti <JSpinti AT eisenbrauns.com>

>
> James,
>
> Are you aware of the multi-valency of cuneiform symbols? The same symbol
> can represent many sounds; that is one of the reasons it took quite some
> time for Akkadian to be deciphered.
>
> James
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of James Christian
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:32 AM
> To: Randall Buth
> Cc: Hebrew
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] GAGA Hebrew ?! (was Perception . . .)
>
> P.P.S. Your data from Akkadian only shows neighbouring people working at
> the
> same level of perception. That of the level of the syllable. The fact
> that
> they discerned more is not indicative of the perception of those who
> implemented the Hebrew alphabet. It just shows that the two groups
> perceived
> a different number of unique syllables at a level high enough to be
> worth
> encoding the difference. Again. The sooner you acknowledge this the
> sooner
> we can start having a serious linguistic discussion.
>
> James Christian
> <snip>
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