Anton > 03-10-2020, 01:43 PM
(03-10-2020, 12:34 PM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.But for practical purposes, say you want to study Voynichese nouns, wouldn't you get the best odds by focusing on standalone words that accompany drawing elements?
Koen G > 03-10-2020, 01:47 PM
Anton > 03-10-2020, 02:08 PM
Mark Knowles > 03-10-2020, 03:18 PM
(03-10-2020, 02:08 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The VMS does not seem to be a "best odds" scenario in itself, that's the problem. There have been many "best odds" attack attempts from various angles, and none of those has been decisive. Somehow we've still not found the correct angle.
Anton > 03-10-2020, 03:25 PM
Mark Knowles > 03-10-2020, 03:28 PM
Mark Knowles > 03-10-2020, 03:44 PM
Anton > 03-10-2020, 04:05 PM
(03-10-2020, 03:28 PM)Mark Knowles Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I think the default assumption for "isolated" vords should be that they are nouns.
(03-10-2020, 03:44 PM)Mark Knowles Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Finding one manuscript where that is the case does not mean the probability overall that a label is an adjective is not very small.
Mark Knowles > 03-10-2020, 04:20 PM
(03-10-2020, 04:05 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Quote:What celestial body (Sun and Moon excluded) in what language could serve so many purposes at once?
(03-10-2020, 03:44 PM)Mark Knowles Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Finding one manuscript where that is the case does not mean the probability overall that a label is an adjective is not very small.
Given that the VMS is in itself a work which is by no means commonplace, I would shun conclusions derived from commonplaсe analogies.
Mark Knowles > 03-10-2020, 04:25 PM
(03-10-2020, 04:05 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Given that the VMS is in itself a work which is by no means commonplace, I would shun conclusions derived from commonplaсe analogies.