Re: Linguistics in a Colonial World:

From: tgpedersen
Message: 56109
Date: 2008-03-28

>
> --- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"
> > <fournet.arnaud@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't know what you are trying
> > > to show with the long uncommented mail
> > >
> > > As regards "colonial" linguistics,
> > > I suppose this means that
> > > Europeans should flog themselves once again,
> > >
> > > The first grammatical description of Bantu
> > > dates back to 1570
> > > If the Englishman Palsgrave had not written
> > > about French in 1530,
> > > Bantu would predate French.
> > >
> > > What is your point M. Kelkar ?
> >
> > You think M. Kelkar shouldn't try to influence scientific
> > discourse by trying to capitalize on past sins on the part of the
> > ethnic groups of some of its practitioners, M. Fournet?
> >
> >
> > Torsten

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
>
> Odd he should do that, given that the Nagas,
> Kashmiris, Sikkimese et al. see Indians as
> colonialists

Matth. 7:3


Torsten