Re: dhuga:ter

The only person to whom it matters if Martinet came up with the idea or not
and how is in the belle France.

I am just glad it was not I or we would probably still be arguing over it!


Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Miguel Carrasquer Vidal" <miguelc@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: dhuga:ter


> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:23:17 +0100, "fournet.arnaud"
> <fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> >
> >>You have proved your case as far as I am concerned.
> >
> >I wouldn't be surprised if it was precisely senex ~ senem
> >what led Martinet to look into the matter of laryngeal
> >hardening in the first place.
> >Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> >
> >=======================
> >
> >So, you did not read Martinet.
>
> I *have* read Martinet, of course.
>
> I don't remember having a read anything by Martinet where he
> says: "I first started thinking about this theory when
> leafing through my old Latin school grammar", or words to
> that effect. That's just not the way scientific theories are
> normally presented, as a first person account of the steps
> that led to a certain discovery, in chronological order.
>
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> miguelc@...
>
>