Re: [tied] Laryngeal theory as an unnatural

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 18495
Date: 2003-02-07

Miguel:
>Whereas you, on the other hand, have been perfectly willing to
>accept any counterexamples offered, as long as they are not compounds. Or
>derivatives (collectives). Or numerals. Or attested in Armenian. Or
>anything to do with dogs...

I've already stated my logical rejection of all derivatives
as valid counterexamples and there is nothing like **pkw-os as
a genitive, nor is there **pd-os. One numeral counterexample is
little to go on since "one" is too much like a third person
pronoun and pronominal declensions naturally retain
irregularities.

Second, last time I checked, it's bad methodology to use a
single language (whether it be Armenian or not) as the sole
basis for a reconstruction when other available daughter
languages even counter it.

And I don't know where you're going with this dogs thing. You're
taking this discussion to the dogs. **pkwo:n doesn't exist. What
don't you get??


- gLeN


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