TY - JOUR
TI - The catcher in the rye-view? Some reflections on reviewer’s responsibility
AU - Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz
TI - The catcher in the rye-view? Some reflections on reviewer’s responsibility
AB - 
	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
	 
VL - 2010
IS - Volume 15, Issue 1
PY - 2010
SN - 1427-8219
C1 - 2084-3836
SP - 151
EP - 173
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-etymologica-cracoviensia/article/the-catcher-in-the-rye-view-some-reflections-on-reviewers-responsibility