Re: [tied] 1sg. -o: [was Re: IE Thematic Vowel Rule]

On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 13:39:39 -0700 (PDT), glen gordon
<glengordon01@...> wrote:

>
>Miguel:
>> Yet another solution that yields circumflex -õ, but
>> we need acute -o:.
>
>No. The shortening of /o(w)e~/ to *o: wouldn't cause
>circumflex.

Yes it would.

>The cases of circumflex involve an intermediary *h1

No. There is no need for *h1 at all. *h2 (a:-stems GL
*-ah2(e)i > -ãi) will do just as well. And there is no
laryngeal in *h2akmõ, or i-stem loc.sg. *-e~i, etc.

The circumflex is the result of vowel contraction, or loss
of a resonant.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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