Re: Germanic 'bear'

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 68800
Date: 2012-03-06

W dniu 2012-03-06 21:06, Tavi pisze:

> I strongly disagree. Grassmann's Law only applies to those IE languages
> which have true aspirated stops in series III, so IMHO there's no
> justification for reconstructing a "voiced aspirated" (or whatever other
> name you choose) series in PIE.

You don't accept [± spread glottis] as a valid distinctive feature? So
how would you like to encode breathy voice in phonological terms?

Piotr