Re: [Fwd: Philip Lieberman/Neanderthal Speech]

Tom Wier wrote:
>
> As this was a point of recent discussion on the list, I thought it
> appropriate to forward it here.
>
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> Subject: Re: Philip Lieberman/Neanderthal Speech
> Date: 26 Dec 1998 03:04:26 GMT
> From: "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
> Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services
> Newsgroups: sci.lang
> References: <71Qc2.29$d4.39@...> <3683F60D.98991D94@...>
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> H.M.Hubey wrote:
>
> > Kabardian is reputed to have only one (or two) vocalic phonemes. The
> > book
> > Grammar of the Kabardian Language (paperback) by Colarusso is available
> > from amazon.com.
>
> Despite having been corrected on this point more than a year ago, Mr.
> Hubey continues to perpetuate misinformation. Aert Kuipers withdrew his
> "one-vowel" analysis of Kabardian less than a decade after he published
> it, acknowledging the validity of the numerous objections raised to it.
>
> Colarusso in the very volume cited gives the details *and the
> refutation*, and the vocalic system he presents (carefully omitted by
> Mr. Hubey) includes neither one nor two vowels, but, IIRC, three.
> --
> Peter T. Daniels                                        grammatim@worldnet.att.net

Very interesting.  One would anyone know the reference for Kuiper's
second statement.  I have his Morphemen and Phoneme in Kabardian
where he made the original statement.
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