From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 61181
Date: 2008-11-01
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From: Patrick Ryan
To: CYBALIST
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:27 PM
Subject: RE: [tied] Re: [pieml] Labiovelars versus Palatals + Labiovelar
Approximant
It is precisely because *i, *u, and *H do not disappear in zero-grade that
they cannot be regarded as true vowels.
Patrick
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This sounds like a pure sophism
as
it is precisely the fact they remain that helps us tell it's a zero-grade !!
Arnaud