Re: [tied] Definite adjectives: correction

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 04:02:01 +0100, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

>On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:55:54 +0100, Mate Kapovic <mkapovic@...> wrote:
>
>>There cannot be any difference between *-i and *-y endings because *i and *y
>>is one and same vowel the difference between *i and *y being only in
>>position (allophones).
>
>I don't think so.

In fact, even if it were true that PIE *y and *i are always allophones of
each other, that doesn't mean that there is no difference between gun.a *ey
(zero grade *i) and samprasa:ran.a *ye (zero grade *i).


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