| Appendix talk:Swadesh lists Apr 26th 2012, 15:28 Original Swadesh list: | ← Older revision | Revision as of 15:28, 26 April 2012 | | Line 352: | Line 352: | | | It is a pity that people swamp wiktionary with outdated Swadesh lists, who obviously have not even read Swadesh, who explicitly (Swadesh 1955:124) wrote, "... defects in the old list were repeatedly made evident. The only solution appears to be a drastic weeding out of the list, in the realization that quality is at least as important as quantity. The new list of 100 items includes 92 from the old list, those starred in Table 2, plus eight new ones: say, moon, round, full, knee, claw, horn, breast. Even the new list has defects, but they are relatively mild and few in number." | | It is a pity that people swamp wiktionary with outdated Swadesh lists, who obviously have not even read Swadesh, who explicitly (Swadesh 1955:124) wrote, "... defects in the old list were repeatedly made evident. The only solution appears to be a drastic weeding out of the list, in the realization that quality is at least as important as quantity. The new list of 100 items includes 92 from the old list, those starred in Table 2, plus eight new ones: say, moon, round, full, knee, claw, horn, breast. Even the new list has defects, but they are relatively mild and few in number." | | | Therefore I copied the final original Swadesh list, published posthumous in 1971 and 1972, at the main article "Swadesh list" in wikipedia. Regarding an unlucky decision in the substitutions, I propose to remain with the old "fingernail" instead of "claw", in full agreement with well-known researchers as D. Ringe and S.A.Starostin. [[User:HJJHolm|HJJHolm]] 10:33, 4 February 2012 (UTC) | | Therefore I copied the final original Swadesh list, published posthumous in 1971 and 1972, at the main article "Swadesh list" in wikipedia. Regarding an unlucky decision in the substitutions, I propose to remain with the old "fingernail" instead of "claw", in full agreement with well-known researchers as D. Ringe and S.A.Starostin. [[User:HJJHolm|HJJHolm]] 10:33, 4 February 2012 (UTC) | | | + | | | | + | Follow-up: Additionally, the current list is cruelly inexact in the description and definition of too many items in question! The authors are obviously not able or willing to learn. [[User:HJJHolm|HJJHolm]] ([[User talk:HJJHolm|talk]]) 15:27, 26 April 2012 (UTC) | | | | | | | | == What about Sumerian, Akkadian, Etruscan, Hurrian, Urartian, Hattic, etc.? == | | == What about Sumerian, Akkadian, Etruscan, Hurrian, Urartian, Hattic, etc.? == | | |
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