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Von: "proto-language" <proto-language at email.msn.com>
Datum: Tue, 1 May 2001 12:54:49 -0500
An: "Johanna Laakso" <johanna.laakso at univie.ac.at>
Betreff: Re: Uralists against history?
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Dear Merlijn:

A very perceptive and effective critique!

Pat

PATRICK C. RYAN | PROTO-LANGUAGE at email.msn.com (501) 227-9947 * 9115 W. 34th
St. Little Rock, AR 72204-4441 USA WEBPAGES: PROTO-LANGUAGE:
http://www.geocities.com/proto-language/ and PROTO-RELIGION:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/proto-religion/indexR.html "Veit
ec at ec hecc, vindgá meiði a netr allar nío, geiri vndaþr . . . a þeim
meiþi, er mangi veit, hvers hann af rótom renn." (Hávamál 138)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Johanna Laakso" <johanna.laakso at univie.ac.at>
To: <ura-list at helsinki.fi>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 12:11 PM
Subject: Uralists against history?


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Merlijn De Smit <isolintu at hotmail.com>
> An: johanna.laakso at univie.ac.at <johanna.laakso at univie.ac.at>
> Datum: 01 May 2001 02:02
> Betreff: uralista - osoitteenmuutos ja viesti
>
>
> >
> >+++++++++++++++++++
> >
> >To those of you who are interested in this kind of stuff:
> >
> >I recently published a lengthy discussion article on the "theories" of the
> mixed-languages-and-lingua-franca school of uralistics on my website. The
> main reason for publishing it on the internet rather than on paper, is that
> in my opinion, as I will argue in the paper, all what needs to be said on
> the subject has basically already been said, not only during the last five
> or six years, but decades before that as well. Paper - made from trees, real
> living creatures -should be used for more necessary and serious research
> than to re-argue the basics of (Uralic) historical linguistics. Nevertheless
> arguing exactly that seems to be necessary. It would be dishonest to deny
> that it's fun as well.
> >
> >Provisionally, the paper is available at:
> >http://www.geocities.com/isolintu/Uralists_Against_History.htm
> >
> >I'd of course appreciate any comments.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Merlijn de Smit
> >Groningen
> >
> >
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