Re: [tied] Albanian (1)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:21:54 +0000, Richard Wordingham
> <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
>
> >I see no contradiction here. PIE short /o/ (pace Miguel) and /a/
> >merged in both Slavic (as /o/) and Albanian (as /a/).
>
> Why pace Miguel?

Because you interpret Brugmann's law (/o/ -> /a:/ in open syllables)
as evidence that 'short /o/' was actually long, and interpret
Brugmann's law as merely the observation that it retained its length
in open syllables, or perhaps putting it better, as being something
like '/a:/ -> /a/ in closed syllables'. Conventional long /a:/
and /o:/ can then emerge from coalescence of vowels and laryngeals.

Richard.