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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:41:57 +0000, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> wrote:
>
> >And BTW, if "I win", I have the Occam prize before me: the

abolition

> >of plain velars, which behave 'out of character' with the other
> >velars in that they can't be swayed; the are not affected by front
> >vowel contexts (which is what I think happened; *k' (actually

a /k/)

> >> *c^e-/*ko- and *kW (originally /q/?) > *ke-/kWo-). Why is that?
>
> It isn't, that's why. The other velars can't be swayed either.

This

> so-called alternation *k' ~ *k and *k ~ *kW is entirely ficticious.
>

As opposed to...? The non-fictitious *k? What does that asterisk mean?

Torsten