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(30-05-2019, 11:42 AM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Emma wasn't convinced about the self-citation method and my opinion is along the same lines.
Do you mean that the reason doesn't matter?
(30-05-2019, 11:42 AM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.1) It only explains how words are derived from previous words, but not how new words are introduced. It's only half the story.
This is explained on page 7. See also the details for <chey> and <chedy> on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. For instance <chedy> is introduced on page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
You can probably describe for each page something only typical for this particular page. The existence of exceptions is a rule for the VMS. For instance the word <daiiny> occurs only You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. On first sight it seems unclear if it is a misspelled variant of the more common word <daiin> or a new word. Another example is the use of the <m>-glyph on page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. If you search for new words on page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. you will find for instance the words <sheoldam>, <tsheoarom> and <pcheoldom>. This three words are similar to each other and they occur only once within the VMS. Moreover <tsheoarom> and <pcheoldom> are used as paragraph initial words. There are only seven paragraph initial words using a final <m>-glyph in the whole VMS. This is the way new words occur within the VMS.
(30-05-2019, 11:42 AM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.2) The description of how words can be changed from previous words allows a lot of freedom. There should be very strong constraints on this to maintain from the beginning to the end the word structure in the MS.
This is explained on page 10. a) "The rules to modify a source word normally don’t affect the order of the glyphs." b) "... the scribe also used esthetically motivated design rules for glyph selection, in order to harmonize the overall appearance of the text. ..."
c) It is always possible to ask why he didn't wrote something else? If a new word is not copied the word occurs only once and some would say it is an error. If the new word is copied we would accept its structure as valid for the VMS and some wold say it is repeated so often it must mean something.