Re: The meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH3w-

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> PIE did not have tenses it had aspects as in Slavic languages.
> P R
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> Slavic is fairly peculiar.
> PIE certainly did not function like Slavic.
> Maybe more in the on-going / finished fashion.
> on-going = present
> finished = past
> Arnaud

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It is not "ongoing", that is progressive.

Imperfective and perfective have to do with the the goal of the action which
cann occur in any time.

"I am eating up the cake." is perfective and progressive.

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> So *ga:u-, 'be happy' and *ge:u-, 'bend over', were indistinguishable?
> Patrick
>
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> *ga:u is *geH2u
> *ge:u is *geH1u
>
> this is not a pair contrasting e and a
> but a pair contrasting H1 et H2.
>
> Read again the basics of Phonology.
>
> Arnaud
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I do not subscribe to "coloring" laryngeals. I believe their major
discernible effect was to lengthen vowels before disappearing; and perhaps,
they occasionally aspirated consonants with which they came into immediate
contact..

Patrick