Re: 'Vocalic Theory'

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:44:40 +0100, "fournet.arnaud"
<fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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>
>*o, being an originally long vowel, is not affected by
>laryngeal colouring, just like *e: isn't.
>
>Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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>
>Who believes in this vocalic theory
>in current PIE circles ?

The fact that *o and *e: are not coloured by laryngeals is
pretty well established. The non-colouring of *e: was
already demonstrated by Eichner in 1973 on the basis of such
Anatolian data as Hitt. mehur 'time' < *mé:h2-wr., hekur
'summit' < *h2é:k^-wr, sehur 'urine' < *séh2-wr.

The explanation of both phenomena as having a single cause
(*o < **a:) is mine.


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