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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Aidan Kehoe Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Re: Leonard Bloomfield died (18-4-1949) Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:38:30 +0100 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <87zftomcop.fsf@parhasard.net> References: <878r18o4rl.fsf@parhasard.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ZoClbGwsnogbRRxQ0DAung4SQk+l5QJsBFc7RycW3vfY64SvFy Cancel-Lock: sha1:I2Z6FyUR2IaFHFKtEOFFjbAanHA= sha1:e3aYKVDqGYQGwJTkQphp8wvclMU= sha256:CBe9ugd+MtY0M8rMy5FURpV9txSe0h6ykIrJLpCW3YE= User-Agent: Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) XEmacs/21.5-b35 (Linux-aarch64) Bytes: 1769 Ar an fichiú lá de mí Aibreán, scríobh Ross Clark: > > [...] A very small-tent approach, odd to take it as someone academically > > senior, who might be thought to have reason to increase his area of > > interest. Rules out PTD’s ‘The World’s Writing Systems’ for one. > > But PTD did not spend his whole life studying writing! Indeed he did not. > He did enter into linguistic study (even read Bloomfield, and was taught by > one of his students). This study undoubtedly informed his treatment of > writing systems. > > Plus, I don't think Bloomfield is saying these other areas of study are > worthless -- just that they should be distinguished from linguistic science. I think a natural approach is to say that they are part of linguistic science. -- ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out / How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’ (C. Moore)