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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Brophey" <TBrophey@...> wrote:
> After a brief but intense skirmish over zero-grade in I-I,
> Patrick's critics abandoned the field to him.
I can't speak for anyone else but I abandoned the field to him because
he doesn't seem to know the basics of PIE. I asked him to explain the
instances of Greek e, o, and a corresponding to e, o, and a in other
languages (since his previous explanation of the long grade implied
that PIE *e, *o, and * all merged to *a) and he asked for examples. He
shouldn't need to provide explanations on a case by case basis when
these correlations are widespread. These are really basic
correspondances and he appears to be unaware of them. As it happens
I'm not a fan of the laryngeal theory either, but I don't see the
merit in his system.