Subject: [b-hebrew] Blau's explanation for how ultimate stress became in Hebrew
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:09:09 -0700 (PDT)
They exist now. Just consider Arabic as an example.
There is no reason to assume that they didn't exist
before. Consider Akkadian as an example.
And take a look at the meter of Medieval Hebrew
poetry.
Uri Hurwitz Wilmington VT
I don't believe in short and long vowels. They don't
exist now, and there is no reason for them to have
existed before. Prof. Blau seems to have a lively
imagination.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
[b-hebrew] Blau's explanation for how ultimate stress became in Hebrew,
Uri Hurwitz, 08/02/2010