Re: Glottalic thought-experiments

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> Gamkrelidze & Ivanov:
> On the Reconstruction of PIE Stops
> Glottalized Stops in IE
> in
> Shevorosky and Markey (eds.):
> Typology, Relationship and Time
> "
> The transformation of glottalized consonants into corresponding
> voiced stops can be observed in many languages and can be explained
> by the very nature of articulation of glottalized consonants, ie.
> with complete closure of the glottis.
> ...
> "
>
> I should quote more, but it's rather long. You might want to look it
> up yourself.

I've read it. As a matter of fact, I've read it many times, since
Gamkrelidze is fond of cloning the text of his articles, often
recycling the very same or minimally re-edited sentences and whole
paragraphs.

To counter the objections against independent voicing in different
branches, G&I would have to demonstrate that the voicing of [t'] is
its _most_ probable development, not merely one that is possible and
can be explained.

Piotr