[tied] Re: IE lexical accent

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, enlil@... wrote:

>
> Richard:
> > I think [pt:klI] must be a reduction of [p&."tIk.lI].
>
> Logically, to pronounce the first three stops audibly (which one

would

> have to if that transcription reflects anything real), there needs
> to be release. Release suggests a vowel automatically. It's

unavoidable

> between the "t" and the "k".

Why? The initial cluster tkn- exists in either Russian or Polish.

Richard.