Re: Re[4]: [tied] Re: Brugmann's Law

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 51689
Date: 2008-01-21

 
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From: Brian M. Scott
To: fournet.arnaud
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 12:23 AM
Subject: Re[4]: [tied] Re: Brugmann's Law


> I don't *favor* (your word) PAA evidence I *check* (my
> word) PIE reconstructions.

In the example in question, you dismissed IE-internal
evidence in favor of evidence from Arabic. In other words,
you favored the Arabic evidence over the IE evidence.

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The semantics within PIE is lax. Hence unconvincing.

Arnaud

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> I think my "bottom-up" and "top-down" methodology is
> neither unsound nor erroneous.
> And it works !

That is clearly a matter of opinion.

Brian

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I prefer this word "opinion" to "it's pure science"

Arnaud

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