Re: [tied] Greek+Slavic

>If the IE
> dialects just disappeared without leaving traces in the IE we have
> come to know they are of no interest to us. How does one decide what
> picture to imagine?

The only picture that matters is that which is established by the evidence.
The question is whether the IE evidence compels us to believe, allows us to
believe, or prevents us from believing, in a PIE with dialects.

Peter