%0 Journal Article
%T The catcher in the rye-view? Some reflections on reviewer’s responsibility
%A Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz
%J Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia
%V 2010
%N Volume 15, Issue 1
%P 151-173

%@ 1427-8219
%D 2010
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-etymologica-cracoviensia/article/the-catcher-in-the-rye-view-some-reflections-on-reviewers-responsibility
%X 
	In the eleventh issue of Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia (SEC 11, 2006, pp. 193-205) Dr. Wojciech Sowa published a bizarre review of my book on the Indo-European cereal names (Witczak 2003) under the deriding title “The Catcher in the Rye?”. It is an ostentatious example of a text, which being written intentionally contains no unbiased assessment of the author’s achievement. There are numerous incorrect or false statements in Sowa’s review and multiple strong opinions are expressed with no justification. The reviewer demonstrated clearly that his knowledge of Indo-European linguistics is too modest to prepare