Re: PIE initial *a

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 58477
Date: 2008-05-14

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
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>>
>> *a is conspicuous rare and does not enter in any morphological
>> alternation.
>>
>> This is the major fact in favor of the standard theory.
>>
>> Arnaud
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> Patrick:
>
>
> *a does not figure in any morphological alternation (Ablaut/apophony)
> because it was not a possible outcome of *A(blautvokal), which had only
> *e, *o, *°, and *Ø as possibilities.
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You previously alleged examples of *a
reflected as <a>.
Now *a is the same as *e and *o !!

You are so incredibly incoherent
from one day to the next.

Arnaud
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