Re: [tied] Re: Nominative: A hybrid view

Tee-hee, as I have said a number of time already, Sanskrit *is*
monovocalic in exactly the sense of the most extremist view of PIE. That,
however, does not force PIE to be so also.

Jens

On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Rob wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
> wrote:
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> > Rob:
> > >Any monovocalic system will likely have /a/ as its vowel, [...]
> >
> > If we want to use "likely" in this sentence we have to account for
> > the fact that there is no known monovocalic system ever recorded
> > on the face of the planet. This makes what you say very UNlikely.
> >
> > If I were you, I'd keep to reality and reconstruct at least two
> vowels.
> >
> >
> > - gLeN
> >
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> I believe that in the very next sentence I stated that earliest PIE
> was *not* monovocalic and explained why.
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> - Rob
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