Re: [tied] Metathesis - The armchair linguist's favourite tool

From: markodegard@...
Message: 7953
Date: 2001-07-18

--- In cybalist@..., "proto-language" <proto-language@...> wrote:

>Møller's notational conventions are a bit off-putting but he
certainly anticipated Lehmann's "syllabicity" stage of IE by
reconstructing bases for IE without indicated vowels: e.g. bh-l-,
'break out'.

'Syllabicity'. This seems to be one of those items like RSP Beekes'
notion that PIE lacked [a]. Everybody smiles behind the Great Man's
back, allowing him a few eccentricities for the sake of his otherwise
brilliant observations.