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Re: Gerold Firl and ethnographic data
Shannon Adams (shannon_adams@byu.edu)
Mon, 30 Sep 1996 09:31:45 -0700
Bryant wrote:
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> In article <52h7j5$6av@mujibur.inmind.com>,
> Daniel Maltz <dmaltz@inmind.com> wrote:
> >Since neither Gerold nor Bryant seem to understand my point about
> >the inadequacy of Elman Service's _Profiles in Ethnology_ as an
> >authoritative source, I will make one attempt to explain myself.
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> Disagreeing does not constitute misunderstanding, you arrogant twit.
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> >For several years now, Gerold Firl has been posting a variety of
> >theoretical arguments, supposedly rooted in ethnographic data.
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> I was simply making the point that if you ask for a reference and get
> one, you don't have a lot to whine about, so long as it covers the topic.
>
> If you have counter-references, post them. All I see you doing here is
> saying "not good enough" as if that were a substantive objection to
> points made.
>
> Bryant
I may be mistaken but didn't someone espousing an anti-post modern position
do the same this with Sokal. That reference was not accepted either,
correct?
Shannon
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