[Fwd: Philip Lieberman/Neanderthal Speech]

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As this was a point of recent discussion on the list, I thought it
appropriate to forward it here.

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From: "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
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Subject: Re: Philip Lieberman/Neanderthal Speech
Date: 26 Dec 1998 03:04:26 GMT
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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.
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Peter T. Daniels                                        grammatim@worldnet.att.net

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