tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post7424095497211473952..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Minoan, Cyrus Gordon and academic politicsGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-79264755601787999442007-08-31T12:50:00.000-05:002007-08-31T12:50:00.000-05:00Edo Nyland is famous (for all the wrong reasons), ...Edo Nyland is famous (for all the wrong reasons), but even he managed to publish a book called <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=_xv7usNGv5MC&dq=%22edo+nyland%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=FGAJYDhtpX&sig=o5bOSlEznZ7lxdWyk56i--XeSCI#PPR3,M1" REL="nofollow">Linguistic Archaeology</A>. I forsee it will make its way to a public library pretty soon. One of the sections is entitled <A Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-43008481510446942182007-08-31T11:49:00.000-05:002007-08-31T11:49:00.000-05:00Yeah, I understand what you're trying to say. His ...Yeah, I understand what you're trying to say. His theories were absolutely nutty.<BR/><BR/>Reminds me a bit of Edo Nyland, who has tried to claim that all languages are actually constructed languages created by Benedictine monks, and that all words of all languages are actually complex encodings of Basque sentences and words, and that thus the original language that everybody spoke was Basque, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-83418276514982395312007-08-30T10:08:00.000-05:002007-08-30T10:08:00.000-05:00Sorry that should be "Mario Alinei". I called him ...Sorry that should be "Mario Alinei". I called him Marco, which is just my little pet love name for him, hahaha ;) Okay, so what, I'm a little dyslexic, haha.Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-26761220596522035382007-08-29T20:36:00.000-05:002007-08-29T20:36:00.000-05:00Yes, it's a jungle. But I wonder... has it always ...Yes, it's a jungle. But I wonder... has it always been a jungle? What about that ol' Anaximenes who thought that stars were nails hammered into a sky made of crystal? Crazies have always been among us, methinks. They are part of the food chain.<BR/><BR/>Mistakes made by these (supposed) specialists of obscure languages are one thing. Not to downplay what you're saying, however, what I'm talking Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-15039438593580160502007-08-29T08:36:00.000-05:002007-08-29T08:36:00.000-05:00It is indeed, incredibly frustrating how some 'lin...It is indeed, incredibly frustrating how some 'linguists' can get so much fame by babbling about absolutely nothing.<BR/><BR/>In my Tangut studies I have also come across some of the most ridiculous nonsense.<BR/><BR/>LaPolla claimed that the Tangut verbal agreement was <I>clearly</I> based upon the pronouns. He based this on the homophony and homography of the first singular, and 'homophony' of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com