Re: identities

Hello everybody,

after the problems that came up in a discussion (I didn't follow because I found it too long-vented, and not especially on Brent's side) between a seemingly (?) professional and an admittedly non-professional member of the list (I'm a linguistic amateur myself), I would suggest everybody to go to the list's webside and fill in the personal questionnaire provided there (I did because I thought you had to for becoming a list member - which might be a good idea to prevent further fights on this kind of personal level.

I'm not a very well-read amateur in Linguistics, but I know there can be (even without having published etc., although I understand Pjotr's comment well), a fact that might be stated in terms of interest, time, etc. - for those who know a lot but are not professionals - I found it very interesting to learn that Marc is a doctor - I'd suppose he has special-linguistic- knowledge in this field, too.

 

Yes, I'm a medical doctor (48 years, children of 21, 17 and 15), not a professional linguist - very much interested in speech origin, languages origins, etymologies etc. - & have read a lot on linguistics but PIE is a very complicated matter and I don't know much of Arian, Celtic, Slavic... languages). I've written several papers on speech origins (esp. in the light of the AAT) and one short paper "In support of the Gimbutas scenario": I think the western branch of PIE (Italo-Celtic, Germanic, Balto-Slavic) coincides with the archeol.expansion of the beaker peoples from 3000 to 2500 BC from the Ukraine to the Rhine delta to the Rhone delta to Iberia & Italy (IMO Germanic & Balto-Slavic = corded ware; Italo-Celtic is perhaps bell beakers = derived from corded ware beakers), because Germanic "taujan"=decorate is derived from "tau"=cord (corded decoration = corded ware). (Then the presence of the RUKI rule in Slavic must be explained by Slavic being still in contact with the Ukrainian homeland IMO.) If you want to know more about my speech origins ideas or about AAT please let me know or visit http://www.onelist.com/community/AAT http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~mvaneech/verhaegen.html http://www.flash.net/~hydra9/marcaat.html

Best wishes from Flanders --Marc

 

My main interest (and I'm just trying to find a matching self-confidence) is widespread (having an M.A. in comparative literature and just preparing to write a thesis for becoming Ph.D. - or the Greek equivalent - in prehistory/archaeology, but reading into ancient Anatolian languages, concentrating on mythology with another focal point on old plant lore and theory/history of religion).  I certainly know that it is impossible to be professional in all those subjects. For that reason I'm quite thankful e.g. to Pjotr and other better informed people on this list because this a the place where I can learn something it would take me lots of books to read to find out. We have here a forum to exchange ideas that could not be exchanged otherwise, I'm well aware of that and happy to be part of it.

As I'm probably not the only person on this list who is projecting her/his own ideas/thoughts into a linguistic subject (something probably even professionals do in a highly hypothetic subject as this), I would appreciate it very much to know a little more about other members of the list (I was amazed to find out, e.g. that Gerry is a woman - and I don't feel sorry at all to say that I understand her way of thinking better since I know!).

So I'll tell you a little more of my basics: I'm 42, female, mother of five (two magical couples of twins and a little girl, 15,12,4), German, live in Crete, have learnt (and much forgotten) apart from the obvious languages German/ English/ modern Greek also French, Spanish, Czech, Latin (not ancient Greek, by the way!) - in this order - and my job is translating American novels into German. I like to call myself a writer, too - I've published a collection of short stories and my book on Cretan shepherds is about to be published, but that'll probably never be a profession in the sense of 'bring money'... And I do already consider myself a kind of 'professional' in Aegean archaeology - (adding the same in terms of money ... ;-))

And as for linguists: one of the best (from what I can tell) I know - he's not on this list - is a mathematician by profession (that seems to be present here too, I have the feeling).

I'd appreciate very much to get some more information on other group members, too. Just to have a little more of an idea who I am 'talking' to.

 

With best wishes from Crete.

 

Sabine Ivanovas