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  • From: "Ishinan" <ishinan AT comcast.net>
  • To: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Scope of data - language learning
  • Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:26:37 -0500

[RANDALL BUTH] - Akkadian, Arabic, Geez, Ugaritic, Hebrew, and Aramaic are all related and their cognate morphology needs to be explained.

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[KARL RANDOLPH] - You don't remember very well either. Just because a language is a cognate, you forget that it is still a different language.

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[ISHINAN] - Nothing is going to alter one's mind if one's mind is stubbornly locked on the idea that comparing Semitic languages to establish their historical relatedness is futile. Such belief amounts to tying a debater's arm behind his/her back and then expecting him/her to prevail and function rationally. This odd behavior amounts to blowing out the faint light of a candle in a dark room and insisting on tripping and stumbling while feeling one's way. No amount of Randall's eloquence will dissuade Randolph's of his peculiar ideas about the cognate Semitic languages. This, despite the simple fact that there isn't a single page in any Biblical Hebrew dictionary without the usual copious references to cognate languages.

I think this debate has reached a dead end. It appears that common sense has left the premises, and only stubborn "denials" remain.


Ishinan Ishibashi






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