Catastrophism and syllable structure (was Re: subconscious sound preferences)
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 28, 1998, 2:23 |
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charles wrote:
> A web search on "Nostratic" and such might also be
> elucidating; apparently there are connections between
> different language families at a fundamental level,
> and strange new ideas are afoot (sort of):
>
> * There was a cataclysmic flood into the Black Sea
> circa 5600 BC, causing dispersion of Proto-Indo-European.
Is that by Velikovsky? If so, his theories are pretty much consideredto =
be at the very
extreme fringe of not just IE linguistics, but science itself,
so be warned. (Not that I deny or support the above statement, however).
> * Arabic roots are not really triliteral consonants,
> there is some sort of characteristic vowel.
>
> * PIE roots were all CVC.
Not just. I have a page for the Mimung Society on one of mysites; it's =
at:
<http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~twier/mimungsociety/mimungglottalic.html>
which, in discussing the Glottalic hypothesis, talks about the really str=
ange
root structure that PIE would have to have if the traditional reconstruct=
ion
scheme is right.
> It all opens up more possibilities for imagination.
Which is why linguistics is so much fun :)
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Tom Wier <twier@...>
ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom
Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/>
"Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero."
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cynes / w=EAold w=EEde-ferh=F0."
_Beowulf_, ll. 700-702
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charles wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>A web search on "Nostratic" and such might also be
<BR>elucidating; apparently there are connections between
<BR>different language families at a fundamental level,
<BR>and strange new ideas are afoot (sort of):
<P>* There was a cataclysmic flood into the Black Sea
<BR>circa 5600 BC, causing dispersion of Proto-Indo-European.</BLOCKQUOTE>
Is that by Velikovsky? If so, his theories are pretty much consideredto
be at the very extreme fringe of not just IE linguistics, but science itself,
<BR>so be warned. (Not that I deny or support the above statement, however).
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>* Arabic roots are not really triliteral consonants,
<BR>there is some sort of characteristic vowel.
<P>* PIE roots were all CVC.</BLOCKQUOTE>
Not just. I have a page for the Mimung Society on one of mysites;
it's at:
<P><<A
HREF="http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~twier/mimungsociety/mimungglottalic.html">http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~twier/mimungsociety/mimungglottalic.html></A>
<P>which, in discussing the Glottalic hypothesis, talks about the really
strange
<BR>root structure that PIE would have to have if the traditional reconstruction
<BR>scheme is right.
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>It all opens up more possibilities for imagination.</BLOCKQUOTE>
Which is why linguistics is so much fun :)
<P>
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<BR>Tom Wier <twier@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
<BR>ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom
<BR>Website: <<A
HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/">http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/</A>>
<BR>"Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero."
<P>"Sôð is gecyþed / þæt mihtig God manna
<BR>cynes / wêold wîde-ferhð."
<BR> _Beowulf_, ll. 700-702
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