The palatal sham :) (Re: [tied] Re: Albanian (1))

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <petegray@...> wrote:

> >Roots in PIE that alternate a/nothing ..
> >Roots in PIE that alternate a/o ..
>
> There's two kinds of alternation here. There's a big difference

between

> (a) Alternation One:
> Roots which show /a/ in some languages, and zero (or /o/) in

others.

> (b) Alternation Two:
> Roots which show /a/ and zero (or /o/) in the same language.
>
> If we are comparing /a/ alternations with the ablaut

vowel /e~o~zero/, then

> it is the second kind we need, not the first. So where are your

examples?

>

Your alternation two (a/o/zero) is made up by you, not me. You
provide the examples.


Torsten