> I have lectured about my verbal model for groups of scholars,
> and I do
> not expect that the model immediately should be accepted, or
> necessarily
> accepted at all. But frankly speaking, I am surprised to find how
> difficult it is to be able to have a meaningful discussion regarding
> the linguistic principles at stake. It seems to me that very few
> professors of Semitic languages are able to fathom that there is a
> distinction between semantic ( uncancellable) factors inside
> a language
> and pragmatic factors. This seems to be something they never have
> thought of. So it is high time that linguistics are introduced into
> Semitic studies.
RE: [b-hebrew] Use and Misuse of Waw in Verb Tenses
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