Re: [tied] Re: PIE voiceless aspirates

On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 12:56:50 -0800 (PST), glen gordon
<glengordon01@...> wrote:

>Miguel:
>> What does "half-voiced" mean?
>
>Phonemic contrasts based on differences in VOT.

If it's half-way between /D/ and /TH/ qua VOT, then it must
be /T/.

Now how does that explain the rarity of *b, or the
prohibition against *deg-type roots?

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