Re: Re[4]: [tied] Re: PIE initial *a

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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:03 AM
Subject: Re: Re[4]: [tied] Re: PIE initial *a


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
> > ***
> >
> > Patrick:
> >
> > First, I would contend that a change from *a: to *a: is 'phonological'
> > in
> > any full sense of the word.
>
> ============
> A change from a: to a: does not look like a change at all.
>
> Cha:rybd or Scylla: ?
>
> Arnaud
>
> ===============

***

Patrick:

Typo.

My fault.

Mea culpa.

"*a: to *a"

Was it hard to figure out?

***

>
> >
> > Second, it is a phonological change that is familiarly
> > <em>conditioned</em> just not by the immediate phonological environment
> > as
> > usual but rather by the peripheral phonological environment in the form
> > of
> > similarly constituted syllables differing semantically.
> >
> ========
>
> Do you have a generator of metalinguistic sentences ?
>
> How good was your sleep today ?
>
> I'm eager to look at your third next idea.
>
> Arnaud
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