dear ken, thanks for your input!
nir cohen On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:33:32 -0300, Ken Penner wrote > Dear Dr. Cohen, > This is an admirable quest. Perhaps you might be interested in my article on > “The History of the Research on the Hebrew Verbal System” in Brill’s > Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, available at > http://www.academia.edu/4271352/History_of_the_Research_on_the_Hebrew_Verbal_System > > You asked for feedback, so I will make a few notes on your first page. > It would be good to see a footnote for the claim “The history of the field > goes back at least to the mishnaic era.” I was surprised to see “אין מוקדם > ומאוחר בתורה” in your first paragraph in connection with the above claim > about the Mishnah, since (1) the phrase refers to historical chronology, not > grammatical tense; and (2) it is from the 10th century at the earliest, much > later than the Mishnah. > It would be good to define some of your technical terms. In the third > paragraph, “grammaticalizing” is used in a non-standard way. There are > actually two ways “grammaticalize" is used in linguistic literature: (1) the > way of expressing a semantic value through grammar e.g. “the wayyiqtol form > grammaticalizes tense”; (2) the diachronic process by which a way of > expressing a semantic value becomes a grammatical construction. Neither of > these meanings permit the expression “The difficulty in grammaticalizing the > BH verb form”. The phrase “synchronic grammaticalizing model” is an oxymoron > according to definition (2), so I imagine you are either using meaning (1) or > using “grammaticalize" in an unusual way. > > Such difficulties discourage me from reading further. > > Até mais, > Ken > > > Ken M. Penner, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Religious Studies > 2329 Notre Dame Avenue, 409 Nicholson Tower > St. Francis Xavier University > Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 > Canada > (902)867-2265 > [email protected] > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:11 AM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. <[email protected]> > wrote: > dear colleagues, > > i have completed a text (or draft) on the BH verb system, which can > be found in > > www.researchgate.net/profile/Nir_Cohen/contributions/?ev=prf_act > > > -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)
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