Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Perception influenced the origin of the Hebrew alphabet?
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:26:11 +1100
> I would conclude the opposite. The fact that the language was
> already in existence gives evidence that they already had had a
> long time to have their perceptions developed. This only goes
> to give more evidence that they perceived syllables in groups
> of allosyllables.
Sorry, James, but I don't follow the logic in that final sentence. It seems
to be reading a concept, about which you've already concluded something, back
into the pre-written stages of a language. Sorry, but I just don't think it
works.
GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au