Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Blau's explanation for how ultimate stress became inHebrew
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:38:28 -0400
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From: "Isaac Fried" <if AT math.bu.edu>
To: "Garth Grenache" <garthgrenache AT hotmail.com>
Cc: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Blau's explanation for how ultimate stress became
inHebrew
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.
With all due respect, is this even a point of discussion in any of the
literature? Most of my concern with Hebrew is simply being able to read and
understand it, and some of the, ahem, arcana discussed on this list is quite
new to me, but I think I would have noticed this if it were considered
debateable. The references I have on the shelf certainly don't question the
existence of long and short vowels. So, Isaac, are you alone in this, or is
there some published literature on the subject?