Re: The palatal sham :) (Re: [tied] Re: Albanian (1))

From: P&G
Message: 30420
Date: 2004-02-01

>>*ka- ..., /a/ is fully
>>capable of disappearing in zero-grade forms

Thanks for the examples. We can quibble over whether this makes /a/ "fully
capable" of disappearing. It certainly does not seem to be as regular and
patterned an alternation as the ablaut /e~o~zero/. But I'll accept that it
is suggestive.

Peter

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