[tied] Re: Nominative: A hybrid view

I can think of a language. Babies "say" exclusively /a/ in the
beginning. They say other vowels as well, but I think that
happens later. I have not read anything serious on the subject,
just my observations on my niece.

Eva



--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon"
<glengordon01@...> wrote:

>
> 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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