Re: [tied] Vrddhi, heavy syllables and syllabic voiced continuants

On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:40:04, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

>Miguel:
>>>Is it possible that a "heavy syllable", at a stage just before
>>>Common IE, might be described as either monosyllabic CVC, or
>>>a syllable of the form (C)CVCF(C...) where C refers to any consonant
>>>and F refers to all voiceless continuants (*x, *xW, and *s)?
>>
>>A heavy syllable is a syllable of the form ...VCC or ...V:C (and
>>..VCCC, ..V:CC, etc.).
>
>You don't seem to get what I'm refering to.

I get what you're referring to. I just wanted to point out that it
should not be confused with "light" or "heavy" syllables.


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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