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

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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [tied] Laryngeal Reduction - Rule-1: -CHCC-
> -CCC-


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Patrick Ryan
>
> So, < ° > is basically a (reduced grade) schwa of sorts; what I have
> indicated as <6>, contrasting with <$> for the schwa derived from reduced
> grade 'laryngeals'.
>
> Thank you for a straightforward answer.
>
> Patrick
>
> ==========
>
> I'm afraid you haven't really understood
> what I mean.
> *° is a phonological unstressed vowel
> resulting from unstressed PIE *e
> your <$> does not exist in my system.
> there is *no* reduced grade laryngeal.

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You are on a list where <$> and <&> are routinely used for < ə >.

I have always preferred < 6 > but changed in deference to list usage.

Your system is important only to yourself, Arnaud.

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> A laryngeal is a consonant,
> it *never* can surface as a vowel.
> dh°H1 is the in Greek, dhi in Sanscrit
> otherwise dha
> dH1 is -t-.
> this is what I mean.
>
> Arnaud
> ================

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More fine 'logique'!

First rule: nothing can both _be_ and _not be_.

Is Greek <e> a consonant? Is Sanskrit <i> a consonant?


Patrick

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