Re: [tied] Re: IE Thematic Vowel Rule

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob" <magwich78@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 10:45 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: IE Thematic Vowel Rule


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "elmeras2000" <jer@...> wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <magwich78@...> wrote:

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When relying solely on internal comparison, one can propose any sorts
of phonemes that subsequently merged with others that remained in the
language, and no one can really prove him right *or* wrong. In other
words, no one can prove that a phoneme /z/ existed in a prestage of
the language, and no one can prove that such a phoneme didn't exist.
Ultimately, comparison with other extant languages must provide the
evidence we need here.

<snip>

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Patrick:

While it may be difficult to prove the actual phonetic realization of /z/
for PIE, there is semantic evidence that points to two varieties of /S/.

variety 1: cord, tie, strong, excrement, skin, pull

variety 2: individual, sated, friendly

are some of the main categories.

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