Talk:William Jones (philologist)

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Question

Can the apostrophes be removed from the word "eastern" in the final paragraph, or the word replaced?

Jones and Comparative Method

I've deleted the statement that Jones' work was an instance of the comparative method. The fact is, we don't know much about his methodology since he never gave much more than conclusions in his anniversary discourses. He doesn't present his evidence and he doesn't discuss his methodology even in general terms. There is no evidence that he ever established sound correspondances or that he had any real idea of the role of morphology.Bill 18:12, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

tutoring job

The article has been changed to say that Jones tutored "seven-year-old Lord Althorp, son of Earl Spencer ". Lord Althorp would have been seven in 1789. Either this para is out of order or it was Spencer who was tutored as the article used to say. Does anyone have any info or thoughts on this? Cjrother 03:49, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed that back now. --Cjrother 21:38, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indiana Jones

Would it be prudent to mention that he was possibly the inspiration for the film star Indiana Jones?

Don't be silly. Paul B 08:35, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing silly about etymology, just over-reliance on it - Indiana Jones#Models - Hakluyt bean 22:08, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology? I didn't know Indiana was a "film star". Paul B 22:35, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would say it's quite silly, particularly as Lucas has said that the original name for Indiana Jones was Indiana Smith, but they changed the name because some studio exec didn't think the name 'Smith' was catchy enough. Tomos ANTIGUA Tomos 16:34, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bibliography

Anyone got one? Hakluyt bean 21:57, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You mean books about him? There's quite a few there already. There's also Trautmann's work. Or do you mean a list of his own pubications? His complete writings were published in 1807. Paul B 22:07, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relevance

The remarks about the Algonquian languages are hardly relevant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.158.174 (talk) 10:17, 13 September 2008 (UTC) Jonathan Edwards' remarks were probably added to show that Jones' work was not new. The Semitic group was mentioned much earlier.[reply]