Re: e: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA

The graphemes *a *o *i *u
are just convenient tools
that account for correspondences.

It doesn't make sense to discuss
if *a was central back or front.

But it makes sense to discuss
whether PIE *e is PAA *a
and Chinese *ya.

What is your reference for Anttila ?

ARnaud

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Sorry, I am siding with Anttila here.

Have you read him? He is utterly brilliant.

Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
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Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Courrier indésirable] Re: e: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA

> So your <a> is not central either?
> I based my whole reconstruction on Anttila's idea of maximal contrast for
> vowels in front-central-back positions.
> Patrick
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