systematic v. idiosyncratic (formerly Re: 5 Case v. 8 Case)

yochanan bitan ButhFam at compuserve.com
Thu Oct 19 04:39:44 EDT 2000


Mark Beatty and CBS,
thank you for your responses. 

I trust that they will help younger students think more clearly about
Greek. 
The 'question' of '8' versus '5' is a non-issue. 
(summarizing: 
there are 5 form-categories of nouns
and as many notional categories as one cares to slice 
[and approximately eight ETYMOLOGICAL form-categories from another
language, PRE-Greek]). 

Students are better off discussing the 
background and the "why's" of linguistic methodologies in general, which is
what your posts point towards.

EEWSQE
Randall Buth



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