Re: [tied] *kW- "?"

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From: "glen gordon" <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] *kW- "?"


>
> Mate:
>> And this later palatalization occurs just
>> accidentally in the 'dog' and 'horse' word among
>> others? Oh come oooon...
>
> Clearly you don't get this. First, please open your
> mind for a moment and imagine the IE area as a whole
> on a map. Now imagine a _subset_ of that area which
> we will call "Satem". Within this area, all instances
> of plain *k have become palatal *c^. If the Anatolian
> dialect we call "Luwian" also decides to palatalize
> *k to *c^ because it lies _within_ this Satem area,
> then palatalization is a one-time event for *all*
> dialects that show it.
>
> So nothing occurs "accidentally". It is a single
> event occuring in a single geographical area.

Possible, but only if one sticks to your theory.

>> But you seem to be forgeting that the 'regular'
>> satem-languages [...]
>
> I'm forgetting nothing. You're just misunderstanding
> what I'm saying. I'm simply replacing *k^-k-*kW with
> *k-*q-kW. *Everything* is still the same. *Everything*
> is already explained as always.

OK, I'm glad you support the 3 velar series.

Mate