From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 56633
Date: 2008-04-04
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From: Anders R. Joergensen
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> So it impossible to find counter-examples to your law? Or what would
> a counter-example look like?
> Whenever we have a direct reflex of *-h2+k- in Eastern IE it's a
> different kind of *h2, right? Or whenever we have *-h2g- in all
> branches, it's just underlying *-h2g-. Aren't you afraid of a
> circular argument here?
>
This is still a major concern of mine. What would a counter-example
look like? Haven¡¯t you achieved complete circularity?
Anders
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What do you call "circularity" ?
When we see e a o in Greek, we point at H1 H2 H3
Is it not complete circularity as well ?
Why don't you try to understand what I'm saying
instead of looking for counter-examples,
before you have understood what's going on.
I'm looking for examples,
I don't know what a counter-example would be.
You mean onuma and odontos are a counter-example for H1 ?
My point of view about *Voiceless* Geminates in Celtic
can be summarized in two points :
1. It might be Kluge's Law
In that case, we expect the presence of C-n-
The law also applies to Voiced geminates (I suppose).
2. It has to be compared with
Latin -C- and Eastern -voiced-
In that case, it points at -?-C-
Arnaud
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> -?p- > pp > p
> -p- > F > z¨¦ro
>
> Where's the problem ?
Doesn¡¯t the absence of a letter for /p/ (or /pp/) in Ogam bother you?
Anders
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How do you write Oirl capal "horse" with Ogam ?
Arnaud
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