Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: The role of analogy, alliteration and sandhi

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:59:49 +0200, alex
<alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>Look, the suggestion I made was necesary for the centum group ( I know it is
>obsolete to consider stil centum & satem but let us still keep it).
>For the satem group we do know kW > k thus "W" was _anyway_ lost without or
>with my idea of "w" becoming consonant.
>For the centum group, it appears easier to consider loosing of the velar
>after "W" became consonatic.

No. that's not easier at all. It's much easier to consider
the change [kW] > [p] happened in one go, without any
intermediate stages. Acoustically, [kW] and [p] are very
similar, despite the articulatory distance between them.

>Since the consonant we have in the centum grup
>is "p" I considered the "W" became tghe consonant "p" here.
>
>In fact, that should be clear. we have "kW" which is a let say, cluster.

It's *not* a cluster!

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