Re: [tied] Timing of ablaut

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:59:21 +0200 (MET DST), Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen
> <jer@...> wrote:
>
> >That explains Brugmann's law, and it also explains the
> >lengthening of original /o/ in Hittite where it operates only under the
> >accent and then also in syllables (thus Melchert).
>
> Thanks, that's what I wanted to know.  Unfortunately, you left out a
> word:
> I assume you meant to write "and then also in _open_ syllables"?  I
> already
> suspected it had to do with the accent, but I wasn't sure if syllable
> structure had anything to do with it.
>
> If so, I can say that, according to Melchert, Brugmann's law also applies
> to Hittite (at least under the accent).

Sorry, the forgottten word was "closed": Lengthening of accented *o
applies to Hittite in all kinds of syllables. Different languages draw the
line at different places.

Jens