Re: Re[8]: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

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From: Brian M. Scott

To: fournet.arnaud

Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 7:04 PM

Subject: Re[8]: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

>> Pret. Pret. Past
>> Inf. Sing. Plur. Part.
>> ------------ --------- --------- ---------
>> Goth. standan sto:þ sto:þum *staþans
>> OE standan sto:d sto:don standen
>> OSax standan sto:d sto:dun standan
>> stuond
>> OHG stantan stuont stuontun gistantan
>> (stuot)
>> ON standa stóð stóðu staðinn

In other words, you assume that I'm being dishonest. For
the record, I never deliberately suppress data in order to
support a hypothesis. Your accusation says rather more
about you than it does about me.

Brian
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A.F :

 

Kluge has ste:n and sta:n

as infinitives for Old High German.

Forms that also exist in Nederlants.

 

You did not mention these forms ?

WHY ?

 

How do you account for this form sta:n/ste:n ?

when other languages have stand/stant ?

 

You suppressed data, that anyone can get in a second

when reading Kluge's Etymologisches Woerterbuch der deutschen Sprache,

Berlin 1951 : page 759.

I did not make an accusation, just an observation.

Consequently, it does say something about you. 

 

 

Old English has

Ic stande ; thu stentst ; he stent.

 

And Modern German has :

Ich stehe ; du stiehst ; er stieht.

 

How do you account for this ?

 

1 you provided Data that do not exist : Gotic **stathans

2. you avoid mentioning troublesome data : sta:n/ste:n.

 

I am afraid you are not in a position to give me any lesson

about how to behave.

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