4 ms·
You're not really arguing with me here - my point is that 'za' had a multitude of meanings prior to the split of West and East Slavic.
by tropdrop 7y ago
You're not really arguing with me here - my point is that 'za' had a multitude of meanings prior to the split of West and East Slavic.
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoYes, I am arguing with you here. Your misuse of terminology like “phoneme”, and your inappropriate suggestion that the meaning ‘behind’ has any role here, merited being called out so that other people reading this thread, who may not be familiar with Slavic diachrony or historical linguistics in general, know to ignore your points.
- tropdrop 7y agoIt is quite possible to be extremely knowledgeable about a field and dole out nuggets of wisdom in such a way as to inspire others to take more interest and share their ideas with you. It is also possible to demoralize and silence newcomers by taking every opportunity to show how far you are above them, and how unworthy they are of your superior knowledge base. One of those approaches leads to more productive thought and breakthroughs than the other.
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoYou will find plenty of linguists who feel that misusing terminology and making inaccurate claims like you did does more harm than good. It would have better had those comments not been posted at all, but once they are posted, then someone has to call them out as flawed. Calling them out as flawed is not “showing how far I [or anyone else] is above” a particular poster. It is simply an attempt to help the community here out by encouraging readers to get their information from some other, more reliable source. You’ll find that HN tends to react badly to inaccurate posting on any scientific field, and one of the great things about this venue is that there are many trained people in various sciences who can call out wrong as wrong.