What exactly is the credibility of Robert Lindsay who describes themselves as:
«BA Journalism […] teaching credential. Political activist, linguist, amateur cold case murders sleuth, psychological counselor (!), long-time K-12 schoolteacher. Former paralegal, freelance journalist, magazine editor, field linguist, and cultural anthropologist. Founder of the Alt Left political movement. Interviewed on radio multiple times. Multiple offers to be on TV and in movies […]».
As well as describing the study method in the «Method» section on p.2:
«First, a Net search was done of forums where speakers of Slavic languages were discussing how much of other Slavic languages and lects they understand»
Also in the «Limitations» section on p. 5:
«The first limitation in this study is that it relies heavily on self-reports from native speakers on how much they understand of the other language. Although this would seem to be an excellent way to study this question, the problem is that speaker reports can be off by quite a bit».
Nevertheless. The paper reports the following results:
(Ukrainian is not clearly defined here, so I assume Standard Ukrainian is meant) «Ukrainian: Oral intelligibility: 90% of Balachka, 85% of Eastern Ukrainian, Transcarpathian Rusyn and Surzyk; 75% of Belarussian, 72% of Podlachian, 67% of Lemko Rusyn, 50% of Russian, 45% of Eastern Slovak, 40% of Polish, 35% of Russian, 25% of Kashubian, 20% of Slovak and Serbo-Croatian, and 12% of Hutsul Rusyn. Written intelligibility: 90% of Slovak, 85% of Russian, 60% of Bulgarian, and 50% of Polish».
Reported oral intelligibility of Russian by Ukrainians is cited at 50% followed by 35% in the same sentence and stands at 85% for written Russian. Even for such highly questionable numbers (50 and 35 – being stated merely a few words apart) and a more reassuring 85% figure, the result is clearly not «… Ukrainian inherent intelligibility of Russian is close to zero».
«Canadian Ukrainian: Oral intelligibility: 5% of Russian».
I am not sure what Canadian Ukrainian is.
«Western Ukrainian: Oral intelligibility: 79% of Lemko Rusyn, 75% of Rusyn, 60% of Eastern Ukrainian, 57% of Polish and Eastern Slovak, 40% of Slovak, and 30% of Russian».
30% intelligibility of spoken Russian. Sufficiently not a zero.
«Eastern Ukrainian: Oral intelligibility: 85% of Ukrainian, 70% of Russian, and 60% of Western Ukrainian».
Stands at 70% of the intelligibility for the spoken Russian. Not close to zero by any definition.
It also inadvertently back up the fact that Eastern and Western Ukrainian are sufficiently distinct from each other.
Since you seem to have a trouble reading in general, and do not appear to have read the only (questionable) source you have provided so far, it is a moot point to carry on with the discourse, for there is none to be had. Enjoy your fermented beverage and your crack with mates down at the pub.
> Since you seem to have a trouble reading in general, and do not appear to have read the only (questionable) source you have provided so far, it is a moot point to carry on with the discourse, for there is none to be had. Enjoy your fermented beverage and your crack with mates down at the pub.
Your comments in this thread have broken the site guidelines so badly that this is easily across the line at which we ban accounts. I'm not going to ban you right now because you've also posted good comments. But if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
Among other things, please avoid nationalistic flamewar in the future. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.
inkyoto|3 years ago
«BA Journalism […] teaching credential. Political activist, linguist, amateur cold case murders sleuth, psychological counselor (!), long-time K-12 schoolteacher. Former paralegal, freelance journalist, magazine editor, field linguist, and cultural anthropologist. Founder of the Alt Left political movement. Interviewed on radio multiple times. Multiple offers to be on TV and in movies […]».
As well as describing the study method in the «Method» section on p.2:
«First, a Net search was done of forums where speakers of Slavic languages were discussing how much of other Slavic languages and lects they understand»
Also in the «Limitations» section on p. 5:
«The first limitation in this study is that it relies heavily on self-reports from native speakers on how much they understand of the other language. Although this would seem to be an excellent way to study this question, the problem is that speaker reports can be off by quite a bit».
Nevertheless. The paper reports the following results:
(Ukrainian is not clearly defined here, so I assume Standard Ukrainian is meant) «Ukrainian: Oral intelligibility: 90% of Balachka, 85% of Eastern Ukrainian, Transcarpathian Rusyn and Surzyk; 75% of Belarussian, 72% of Podlachian, 67% of Lemko Rusyn, 50% of Russian, 45% of Eastern Slovak, 40% of Polish, 35% of Russian, 25% of Kashubian, 20% of Slovak and Serbo-Croatian, and 12% of Hutsul Rusyn. Written intelligibility: 90% of Slovak, 85% of Russian, 60% of Bulgarian, and 50% of Polish».
Reported oral intelligibility of Russian by Ukrainians is cited at 50% followed by 35% in the same sentence and stands at 85% for written Russian. Even for such highly questionable numbers (50 and 35 – being stated merely a few words apart) and a more reassuring 85% figure, the result is clearly not «… Ukrainian inherent intelligibility of Russian is close to zero».
«Canadian Ukrainian: Oral intelligibility: 5% of Russian».
I am not sure what Canadian Ukrainian is.
«Western Ukrainian: Oral intelligibility: 79% of Lemko Rusyn, 75% of Rusyn, 60% of Eastern Ukrainian, 57% of Polish and Eastern Slovak, 40% of Slovak, and 30% of Russian».
30% intelligibility of spoken Russian. Sufficiently not a zero.
«Eastern Ukrainian: Oral intelligibility: 85% of Ukrainian, 70% of Russian, and 60% of Western Ukrainian».
Stands at 70% of the intelligibility for the spoken Russian. Not close to zero by any definition.
It also inadvertently back up the fact that Eastern and Western Ukrainian are sufficiently distinct from each other.
Since you seem to have a trouble reading in general, and do not appear to have read the only (questionable) source you have provided so far, it is a moot point to carry on with the discourse, for there is none to be had. Enjoy your fermented beverage and your crack with mates down at the pub.
dang|3 years ago
Your comments in this thread have broken the site guidelines so badly that this is easily across the line at which we ban accounts. I'm not going to ban you right now because you've also posted good comments. But if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
Among other things, please avoid nationalistic flamewar in the future. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.
Mikeb85|3 years ago
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