From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 53017
Date: 2008-02-14
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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [tied] Re: *a/*a: ablaut
> fournet.arnaud wrote:
> I think such a root as wreH1g is impossible.
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> From: Piotr Gasiorowski
> It's your problem. I don't know of any such restrictions.
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> I give you an example of how
> I handle some data.
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> Step 1
> Greek laas "stone"
> Possible Root *l_H2
> next
> PIE *leH1-p "stone"
> I consider that H1 in this root is
> *caused* by -p which is *unvoiced*.
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> Step 2
> Because there is no voiced reflexes
> of H2-p Eastern PIE,
> we can assert that H2 was not glottalized.
> It must be a weak voiced : &ayin or h (voiced velar)
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> Step 3
> Arabic has laxfa "a flat and thin stone"
> x is velar unvoiced.
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> Conclusion
> The root is *l_h "stone"
> h being a voiced velar spirant.
> Derivative *l_h-p > l_x-p
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> Something like **H1g conflicts
> in the worst possible way
> with some of my beliefs.
> PIE Phonotaxis did not allow that.
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> We can discuss this in a different string.
>
> Arnaud
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