Re: Reconstruction (was: Grimm 's Law fact or myth: Gessman (1990))

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 58424
Date: 2008-05-09

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
>
>> The problem is radioactivity :
>> Elements big-banging into becoming something else than before.
>> I think we have at least two cases of linguistic big-banging :
>> Arabic and Chinese.
>> I think you cannot deal with these languages with a nice and gentle
>> linear
>> reconstruction.
>>
>> As a matter of fact,
>> both Arabic and Chinese have been pushed aside because most people
>> realize
>> they won't be able to handle them.
>> Chinese is not supposed to be part of Nostratic
>> and Arabic has been pushed aside as far-off relative.
>> These languages scare people.
>> No method exists to handle these languages.
>> At least none other than mine.
>>
>> Arnaud
>>
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> ***
>
> Patrick:
>
> Wrong as usual, Arnaud.
>
> http://geocities.com/proto-language/c-AFRASIAN-3_germanic.htm
>
>
> ***

So what ?

A table of letters and no data is just step 0 of the whole affair.

I must acknowledge that this time,
at least your table is readable,
I read it to the last line.

I somehow agree with parts of your reference.

Arnaud

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