Re: ka and k^a [was: [tied] *kW- "?"] and the origin of IE thematic

On Ned, rujan 25, 2005 11:32 pm, glen gordon reče:

> On the non-existence of a vowel system without an
> "a"-sound (ie: low vowel), Grzegorz shows examples:
>> 1) The Late Common Slavic vowel system had no a's.
>
> I really think you don't understand what I'm saying
> at all. The front-back dimension is irrelevant. All
> we are talking about here is the vertical "high-low"
> dimension. That latter dimension **always** exists
> in any language.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Slavic
>
> See how they list the vowels? You're wrong.

You're adducing Wikipedia as evidence? Are you for real?

And just to set the record straight, Common Slavic, around year 800 had
only long *a: and short *o. There was no short *a. That's what Grzegorz is
talking about.

Mate