Biblical Hebrew Forum

[fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>]

no problem,

regards,

fred burlingame

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. 
<nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>wrote:

> oops,
>
> sorry fred, one more lapsus on my part. i should get some sleep...
> pls correct in my text below
>
> "on the esthetic level, i have no problem with fred's constructions."
>
> to
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> "on the esthetic level, i have no problem with isaac's constructions."
>
> regards
> nir cohen
>
> *On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:29:36 -0600, fred burlingame wrote*
> > Hello Nir:
> >
> > Is not this, including but not limited to, your post,  ... the entire &
> complete purpose of this forum?
> >
> > proverbs 27:17
> >
> > in its best manifestation?
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > fred burlingame
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. <
> nir AT ccet.ufrn.br> wrote:
> >
>>
>> b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
>> >
>> > isaac, fred,
>> >
>> > on the esthetic level, i have no problem with fred's constructions.
>> > but as a scientist i cannot relate to them for (at least) four
>> > reasons: 1) he makes a heavy a priori hypothesis, to wit,
>> >
>> > > "but you need to trust that Hebrew is fully and entirely systematic."
>> >
>> > 2) he makes gross simplifications, strating with:
>> >
>> > > "First you look at the single-consonant ( I consider
>> > aleph, ayin, and a final he as just filler letters) verbs, for
>> > instance: ABAH (root B),..."
>> >
>> > and going through a free association of similar sounding consonants.
>> >
>> > 3) he ignores a long lasting linguistic reseach on the semitic
>> languages.
>> >
>> > 4) his dialectic is on the metaphysical, rather than factual, level.
>> >
>> > in addition, the following is my personal view. isaac allows for
>> > vowel fuzziness (letters A,H,W,Y) which reflects precisely the
>> > fuzziness of the western, alfabetic semitic dialects. and his
>> > consonant fuzziness is exactly the one represented in akkadian and
>> ugarit
>> > cuneiform. so, as hebrew was formed amidst all these influences, it
>> > also acquired these two types of fuzziness, explaining isaac's "hits".
>> > his "misses" are a result of his belief that this fuzziness is, by
>> > itself, a universal law, e.g. declaring a moratorium on all auxiliary
>> > AHWY letters, identifying all S,$ and C,Z pairs, etc.
>> >
>> > nir cohen
>> >
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