On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 13:16:52 +0200, Daniel Baum
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daniel@...> wrote:
>While writing my thesis, I had the dubious pleasure of reading quite a
>lot of Möller's work on the supposed connections of IE and Semitic.
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>My impression of him was the he was, shall we say, somewhat eccentric. I
>wouldn't like to use unscientific words like "bonkers" in polite
>company, so I won't :~)
Möller's confusion (and that of his contemporaries) on the
subject of Harri is understandable. The sign
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(333 in Rüster and Neus's Heth. Zeichenlexikon) can be read
as HUR or as HAR. I assume the only spelling known at the
time as HUR/HAR-RI and that spellings HU-UR-RI hadn't been
found yet (HU 24 is different from HA 367).
In Möller's defence it can also be said that the term
"Laryngeal theory" is largely due to the influence of his
work.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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