From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 11589
Date: 2001-11-29
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From: tgpedersen@... [mailto:tgpedersen@...]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:44 PM
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Subject: [tied] Re: Turkic As?Because I don't know any better ;-) That's why I ask other people to
comment it; I know no Turkic etymology for example. I can see of
course that much of it doesn't seem probable, but there is so much
factual information in it and some of that might even be true?
I'm not a turkologist myself, but there are some indirect indicators that the stuff is of small value. First, Tatarstan is at the peak of ethnocentristic flash now; this is natural and will end in, I hope, 10 years or so, but now they're obviously trying to demonstrate to the federal center their scholarly independence, which is not the same as seeking for truth. Please note that actually only Russian authors are cited, and even some names (like Agathii) are actually transliterated from Russian into English, that means the author probably is not acquainted with non-Russian scientific literature. Caueat lector!Sergei