Re: Horse Sense (was: [tied] Re: Hachmann versus Kossack?)

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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>; "jouppe" <jouppe@...>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: Horse Sense (was: [tied] Re: Hachmann versus Kossack?)


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jouppe" <jouppe@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 2:39 PM
> Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Horse Sense (was: [tied] Re: Hachmann
> versus
> Kossack?)
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> In my opinion,
> *k^ is regular
> *k seems to be rare, or related to post-PIE creations or suffixations.
> *kw should be the same as *k+*w
>
> *k^w is according to my proposal the phonotactic result of any velar (k,
> g,
> gh) followed by H1. This contacts created intensive phonemes in Eastern
> and
> Central PIE, which possibly were pronounced *[k:w] (long stop with delayed
> release) which is treated like k^+w.
> I suppose people who disagree will offer examples for counter-analysis.
>
> Arnaud
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You have no basis for that opinion.

Although a few *k(^)W- seem to be derived from *k(^) = *w, the far greater
number derive from a phoneme that was probably realized as [x]/[ç].

When any *H is added to this phoneme, the result is *k(^)Hw-, which was
subsequently resolved to *k(^)W-.

As for examples, how can counterexamples be meaningfully offered when no
examples have been provided?


Patrick

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