Piotr to Torsten:
>I'm strongly against such paper linguistics (quite apart from the fact that
>I reject the glottalic solution except as a possible model of pre-PIE
>phonology).
I wonder though if we could get away with saying that *k/*g/*gH,
originally being largely pronounced as *[kH]/*[k]/*[g] in Mid IE,
became either *[k]/*[kg]/*[g] (as in pre-Hellenic/pre-IndoIranian)
or the preserved *[kH]/*[k]/*[g] (as in pre-Germanic). In other
words, we might think of multiple phonological systems at once
for IE, dependent on dialect area.
At least that way, we wouldn't have the need to theorize a *kH to
even out the lop-sided system since *gH would be an areal
innovation in a post-IE stage involving dialects like Hellenic and
IndoIranian.
Just a thought, is all.
- gLeN
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