Re: Laryngeals: arguments from typology?

Were laryngeals proposed on the basis that only consonants like [x], [G] etc. (as opposed to, e.g., schwa vowels) were likely to cause the observed effects?

The only effect I can think of right now that would probably have to be caused by a consonant is aspiration (Greek aspirated perfect, etc.).

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "G&P" <G.and.P@...> wrote:
>
> >...Anatolian. If we didn't have this evidence, would there still be
> typological reasons to think that certain lengthening/coloring effects were
> caused by vanished back consonants?
>
> Yes. Laryngeals were proposed before the Anatolian evidence was understood.
> One of the great joys is that they explain such a diversity of effects.
>
> Peter
>