From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an fichiú lá de mí Aibreán, scríobh Ross Clark:   
      
    > > [...] A very small-tent approach, odd to take it as someone academically   
    > > senior, who might be thought to have reason to increase his area of   
    > > interest. Rules out PTD’s ‘The World’s Writing Systems’ for one.   
    >   
    > But PTD did not spend his whole life studying writing!   
      
   Indeed he did not.   
      
    > He did enter into linguistic study (even read Bloomfield, and was taught by   
    > one of his students). This study undoubtedly informed his treatment of   
    > writing systems.   
    >   
    > Plus, I don't think Bloomfield is saying these other areas of study are   
    > worthless -- just that they should be distinguished from linguistic science.   
      
   I think a natural approach is to say that they are part of linguistic science.   
      
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