On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 21:46:26 +0200, Piotr Gasiorowski
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piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
>03-04-2004 16:21, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
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>> In Möller's defence it can also be said that the term
>> "Laryngeal theory" is largely due to the influence of his
>> work.
>
>On the other hand, it's something of a misnomer as regards *h2 and *h3.
From a phonetician's point of view, yes. "Laryngeal" as
used in the context of the laryngeal theory (and Semitic
linguistics) is a heterogenous collection of laryngeal stops
and fricatives/continuants, pharyngeal/epiglottal
fricatives/continuants and velar/uvular
fricatives/continuants (but not stops).
But it's still better than "gutturals".
Note that Lipin'ski's Semitic Languages has a chapter
entitled "Laryngals, Pharyngal and Velar Fricatives",
avoiding the term "gutturals" or "laryngeals" (for the whole
lot), but still feeling the need to discuss them together.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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