Re: dhuga:ter

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:39:20 -0500, "Patrick Ryan"
<proto-language@...> wrote:

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>From: "Miguel Carrasquer Vidal" <miguelc@...>
>To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:31 AM
>Subject: Re: [tied] Re: dhuga:ter
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>> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:00:00 -0500, "Patrick Ryan"
>> <proto-language@...> wrote:
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>> No, it's */seneh2-/ (i.e. *[senah2-]).
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>It looks to me, and apparently also to Pokorny since he lists *sen(o)-, that
>at least two forms are present: root: *sen-; stem: sena:H2-.
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>Do you think *sen- is unjustifiable?

Apparently not: I listed -ex (as in senex) among the
suffixes.

>> >Secondly, the theorized hardening apparently occurs with all
>> >'laryngeals',
>> >suggesting a phonological identity that would make variegated responses
>> >to
>> >them by adjacent vowels problematical.
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>You did not address this. I would be interested in your thoughts.

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Once the
three laryngeals have coloured the vowels, they're free to
merge. Once they've lengthened the vowels, they're free to
vanish.

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>I looked through 10 pages of Google to find "c. q." with no luck.
>
>What does it mean, please?

<casu quo>, literally "in which case".

"A c.q. B" means: "A or, if A is not applicable, B", or "A
or B, whichever is appropriate"


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