Re: [tied] h1,h2,h3 in Albanian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

>
> > It should go without saying that the laryngeals were lost in

_post_-

> > PIE times.
>
> Thanks a lot, Piotr for all these clarifications that help me a
> lot 'in this area' where I'm not at all 'confortable'.
> I understand that are many unknowns here but I think

that 'doesn't

> matter' if the resulting model will be the correct one or not at
> least to can have one based on which to can derived without
> contradictions all the known cases (words)...
>
> Please to post your opinion on the following points (doesn't
> matter if your point of view "it is or not 'for sure' the good one")
>
> 1. Do you 'prefer' the 'global' lost of laryngeals in initial
> position or you 'prefer' their preservation before the consonantic
> cluster?
> 2. Maybe with the exception of the vocalisation of r.,n.,m.,l.,

do

> you 'prefer' the lost 'without trace' of any laryngeal between 2
> Cons. or not? (what we will do with *bh2-lo > ballë in this case

and

> there are other (maybe more clear) examples pro and contra to this
> option.
>
> Thanks again,
> Marius
>

Sorry but I would add here another question (apparently not linked,
but in fact is linked too):

1. Is not better to consider that r.,l.,m.,n. appears only in Later
IE as a vocalization in 'some circumstances' of r,l,m,n ? In this
later case what could be these 'circumstances'?

Thanks twice,
Marius