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

on-going and progressive are the same thing here. The
progressive refers to on-going action --that's how
grammar books describe the progressive to college
students. Don't put him down just to score points.
Both of you need to stop playing Itchy and Scratchy.
When you're not insulting one another, you usually
have intelligent things to say


--- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 5:09 AM
> Subject: Re: Re: Re:[tied] Re: The meaning of life:
> PIE. *gWiH3w-
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> <snip>
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> > ***
> > PIE did not have tenses it had aspects as in
> Slavic languages.
> > P R
> > ***
> > 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
>
> > ================
>
> ***
>
> 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
> >
> > ***
> > *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
> > ===================
>
> ***
>
> 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
>
>

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