On 09/08/2005 21:41, Rolf Furuli wrote:
... And a very important methodological question is this: Is an assumption
behind my research that Hebrew has a particular number of conjugations,
four, three, or two? For example, If we use the axiom that Hebrew has four
conjugations, then we end up with four. In addition to looking for
prejudice in the material, we need to be conscious of our own prejudices.
...
Indeed, Rolf. And this is a question which you have never answered
unambiguously concerning your own research. Do you assume any particular
number of conjugations? Did you begin by assuming or preferring any
particular number of them? If so, even if you formally abandoned such a
presupposition, did you retain any prejudice which might have caused you
to prefer an analysis which in fact corresponds with a previous
preference?
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Peter Kirk
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