[tied] Re: Indo-European /a/

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <G&P@...> wrote:

> I won't go through the whole list - you probably know the sort of
> evidence.
> In any case, it is not impossible that a situation existed with long
> vowels
> and laryngeals - but is this what we should reconstruct?

I'm reluctant to do it myself, but perhaps it's necessary. I'm not
convinced of that yet. I suppose it would solve some difficulties in
Hittite.