Re: [tied] PIE Word Formation (2)

From: Jens ElmegÄrd Rasmussen
Message: 44086
Date: 2006-04-02

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Jarrette <anjarrette@...>
wrote:

> Oh. I understand now. Regarding the idea of the vocalized
sonorant, is this purely Jens Rasmussen's idea? (It seems quite
brilliant, by the way).

Thank you, Andrew. Yes, this has been entirely my own idea as long
as noone else has accepted it. That however seems to be slowly -
very slowly - coming about. On a predecessor of this list, Alexis
Manaster Ramer was kind enough to give it some heavy backing, and on
Cybalist we have had many debates over details in it as well as on
the fundamental question of the very existence of a consonantal
prefix-turned-infix underlying some o-vowels of IE. As for my status
in IE studies which you address in the following, that is for others
to assess, but my own impression is that this discovery has come at
a price. It is as if I am being met with excessive scepticism in
some quarters of the field - but not in all. I feel faced with the
situation that a suggestion coming from me is often more readily
rejected than something much inferior coming from someone else. That
has taught me to sharpen my arguments, so maybe it is all for the
best.

Jens