Re: Laryngeal Reduction - Rule-1: -CHCC- > -CCC-

So, < ° > is basically a (reduced grade) schwa of sorts; what I have
indicated as <6>, contrasting with <$> for the schwa derived from reduced
grade 'laryngeals'.

Thank you for a straightforward answer.


Patrick

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> From: Patrick Ryan
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> Who is the scholar who uses it? and what does it mean?
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> Patrick
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> I guess
> the French tradition starting with Meillet
> himself states that the morphology
> of PIE had *e and *o (this is no surprise)
> and states that besides the vowels
> *i *e (with *a being allophonic of *e) *o *u
> there is an unstressed vowel *°
> which is *not* a reflex of laryngeals.
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> I think all the "continuators" of Meillet
> and also Kurylowicz have that system.
> Cf. L'apophonie en Indo-Européen
> p166 : Les laryngales et le *° vocalique.
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> My point of view is that
> Basically *° is allophonic of *e
> which is primarily or secondarily stressed.
> This *° surfaces as *a (or *i in sanscrit)
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> Arnaud
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