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

Jens:

>Nor was it ever important in the extreme analysis of PIE vocalism.

I'm not interested in "extreme analyses" of any language. I'm interested
in serious, mentally grounded ones. I don't disagree that we can warp
any definition if we want to stall the advance of a study.

>If we apply the standards by which PIE was made to be monovocalic,
>Sanskrit actually gets _very_ close to being just that.

Yes, close but no cigar.

>Yes, limitations of knowledge should be remembered in cases like this.

I always note my limitations so that I may surpass them. I refuse to
wallow in them.


- gLeN

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