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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Rolf Furuli <furuli AT online.no>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Blau's explanation for how ultimate stress became inHebrew
  • Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 18:46:51 -0400

I agree.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Aug 3, 2010, at 8:01 AM, Rolf Furuli wrote:

But we must remember that Classical Hebrew grammar and phonology, as we understand them today, are based on induction and indirect evidence and includes a lot of scholarly guesswork. We also see a clear tendency in monographs, textbooks, and reference works discussing ancient phonology, grammar, and lexical semantics to repeat what others have said without checking their conclusions thoroughly.





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