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

Ah, the debut of the *e-coloring laryngeal.

Patrick

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> > ===========
> > There is no phonological contrast
> > between /a/ et /e/
> > neither in PIE nor PAA.
> >
>
> You keep saying that. How come it came to be pronounced different, then?
>
> Torsten
>
> =========
> H1a > e
> H2a > a
> Allophonic distribution of one phoneme
> I don't care if you write it *a or *e.
> Tradition is *e.
>
> Arnaud
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>
>