22-07-2017, 02:39 PM
The doldam seems to be out of place here, because there is no dol dam in f99v, only doldam (without a space) twice (label and paragraph).
The uncertainty of spaces is a separate thing intervening into these considerations. For example, in f102v2 the label looks like okeeoraiin, while the sequence in th eparagraph looks more like okeeo raiin. Of course, it is quite reasonable to suspect that both sequences relate to the same thing. But is it because okeeoraiin = okeeo raiin, or simply because the scribe was careless about introducing too much of a space in the paragraph (or too little of a space in the label)? As we know, the spaces are very uncertain across all through the VMS, so the latter explanation is at least as fitting as the former.
This hypothesis is inducted by the implicit perception of the VMS as a simple "flow" of language, or a substitution cipher. If one forces himself beyond this perception, this hypothesis becomes not that self-evident. For the foremost example jumping out of my head, imagine that vords stand for unique numbers, and the numbers, in turn, are used to refer to words of a dictionary (nomenclator). Suppose, okeeo stands for, say, number 235, while raiin stands for, say, number 512. Let us even suppose that the word number 235 is "cross", while word number 512 is "bow". Now, even if we suppose that the agglugination is linear, i.e. okeeoraiin would stand for number 235+512 = 747, there is no ground whatsoever to make a conclusion that the word number 747 in the nomenclator is "crossbow".
(Again, I don't mean that's the case with the VMS, just the first example which came to my mind.)
The uncertainty of spaces is a separate thing intervening into these considerations. For example, in f102v2 the label looks like okeeoraiin, while the sequence in th eparagraph looks more like okeeo raiin. Of course, it is quite reasonable to suspect that both sequences relate to the same thing. But is it because okeeoraiin = okeeo raiin, or simply because the scribe was careless about introducing too much of a space in the paragraph (or too little of a space in the label)? As we know, the spaces are very uncertain across all through the VMS, so the latter explanation is at least as fitting as the former.
Quote:These observations might be explained by the hypothesis that word AB is sometimes related with the two words sequence A-B. i.e. words like AB are formed by agglutination of two individually meaningful words A and B. Can you think of other explanations?
This hypothesis is inducted by the implicit perception of the VMS as a simple "flow" of language, or a substitution cipher. If one forces himself beyond this perception, this hypothesis becomes not that self-evident. For the foremost example jumping out of my head, imagine that vords stand for unique numbers, and the numbers, in turn, are used to refer to words of a dictionary (nomenclator). Suppose, okeeo stands for, say, number 235, while raiin stands for, say, number 512. Let us even suppose that the word number 235 is "cross", while word number 512 is "bow". Now, even if we suppose that the agglugination is linear, i.e. okeeoraiin would stand for number 235+512 = 747, there is no ground whatsoever to make a conclusion that the word number 747 in the nomenclator is "crossbow".
(Again, I don't mean that's the case with the VMS, just the first example which came to my mind.)
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