--- In cybalist@... s.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@ ...> wrote:
> All those arguments have been around for decades. Does she say
> anything original?
Excuse, me, Rick, but, in addition to the fact that of late your postings are hardly legible (sort of what happened with Arnaud's), I don't understand your question. In my post I have presented Anna Morpurgo-Davies' arguments *AGAINST* the Pre-Greek substratum being Luwian or, more in general, Anatolian like many scholars, including Margalit Finkelberg, opine. Aren't Morpurgo-Davies' arguments original? Or were you referring to Margalit Finkelberg's book (also cited in my post)?
Regards,
Francesco
I was referring to Finkelberg. From what I'm seeing, she's presenting Palmer's musings as fact without really offering anything new.
Now, would you be kind enough to fill me in a bit more re: Morpurgo-Davies?
My personal view is that while there are some demonstrable links between Ancient Greek and Anatolian in the form of what seem to be loanwords (i.e. as a possible minor adstrate), that I haven't seen enough to establish Anatolian as a substrate. Younger shows a couple of words in Linear A that seems to have affinities in Anatolian but one is the name of a Goddess and both could also be from Semitic.