Dear Glen and Nostraticists:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
To: <nostratic@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 11:29 PM
Subject: [nostratic] BOMHARD'S "RESPONSE"


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[PCRp]
> > If you will go through all the roots I have reconstructed for >Nostratic
> >in *CaC, you will see that there is no necessity to have >two Dravidian
> >responses: *CaC suffices to cover all legitimate >cognates.

[GG]
> I have gone to your site and I immediately have some web advice - Please
> turn of the annoying "blink" tags in your HTML document. I haven't seen
> blink tags since the mid 90's and I can't say that I
> missed them :) I find that small 1K anigifs suffice to draw the
> viewer's attention without causing visual aggravation.
>
> Anyways, back to more serious matters. Your Nostratic page
> (http://www.GEOCITIES.COM/Athens/Forum/2803/NostraticDictionary.htm)
> is far too long, disorganized and replete with a staggering number
> of font and colour changes for anyone to be able to ascertain what
> roots you personally have reconstructed or which Bomhardian
> reconstructions you agree with.

[PR]
As for long, I imagine it will take another 400 pages or so to finish it up.

The font color changes to red only for corrected entries.

Every root description has either a number, in which case it is a correction of the same numbered root in Bomhard's dictionary, or it says, e.g. Addition AG, meaning it is a root that I added.

I agree with no Bomhardian reconstructions because his phonological system is, in my opinion, fatally wrong.

[GG]
It is also difficult to
> read the text in entirety (It would take several hours). From a
> scan of the page, I can only find sentence after sentence of
> critiques on Bomhard's methods and conclusions which are in many
> cases honestly deserving.

[PCR]
Obviously, 200+ pages takes some time to read.

Scanning my work may give you a superficial idea.

What other than "sentence after sentence of critiques on Bomhard's methods and conclusions" would you expect to find in a critique of Bomhard's methods and conclusions?

[GG]
> Could you perhaps summarize for us the Nostratic roots you are
> refering to and their attestations (including that of Dravidian)
> so that we may quickly and efficiently criticize your methodology.

[PCR]
This is already done at:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/NostraticDictionaryAlpha.htm



Pat

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