Re: Use of the long "a" in pronouncing the article

Joseph W. Murphy wrote:

P.S. I'm reading Franz Boas' Introduction to Handbook of American Indian
Languages. Good stuff! Amazingly on the money for 1911.

He pretty much introduced linguistics to America. Was Edward Sapir's
mentor.

And early on, in the 80s, he worked with Horatio Hale, who in 1841-42
had been the philologist on the US Exploring Expedition [of the
Pacific], commissioned by Albert Gallatin himself -- and thus
all-but-directly connected to Thomas Jefferson.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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