Dear Danny and Nostraticists:

A small correction:

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Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [nostratic] Origin of IE e~o~0 ablaut


Dear Danny and Nostraticists:

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From: "Danny Wier" <dawier@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 3:40 PM
Subject: [nostratic] Origin of IE e~o~0 ablaut


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Something which I believe Lehmann missed is that a Nostratic sequence of CVH, i.e. CV + "laryngeal", lengthened the vowel in IE, and preserved the **Nostratic** vowel quality, whether <e>, <a>, or <o>. Thus, all IE <a> is a result of a reduction of <a:, e:, o:> from Nostratic <a, e, o>+"laryngeal", or proto-IE <a>+<H>.

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should be:


Something which I believe Lehmann missed is that a Nostratic sequence of CVH, i.e. CV + "laryngeal", lengthened the vowel in IE, and preserved the **Nostratic** vowel quality, whether <e>, <a>, or <o>. Thus, all IE <a> is a result of a reduction of <a:> from Nostratic <a>+"laryngeal", or proto-IE <a>+<H> or <H> + <a>.

IE <e:> and <o:>, when preserved, are similarly the result of Nostratic <e> and <o> + H or H + <e> and <o>.


Pat

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