Mathew Willoughby <sidonian@...> wrote:
> Here are some PIE (and related) links that I've found in my
> wanderings...
> =
> This site is what you might call a crash course in PIE phonology:
> =
Tremendous! And thanks. I notice that he disagrees completely with Lehm=
ann,
and you, below, disagree with both of them, as far as phonetic realizatio=
ns of
the laryngeals -- which is why for purposes of study I wish people would =
keep
them abstract, and let us conlangers decide for purposes of our individua=
l
pseudo-PIEs what they "really" were. :)
> --Aside--
> H1 could be the unvoiced uvular fricative,
> H2 could be a pharyngeal fricative (just try saying
> them without your mouth wide open in the /a/ position,
> w/out choking on your own tongue!) and
> H3 could be "labialized" unvoiced uvular fricative.
> --end aside--
> =
> There was a whole summit about this on the Indo-European
> list. I believe it's still going on.
How do I get on this list? sounds like a place worth lurking.
> This is Cyril Babaev's site; a lot of articles and info here on PIE
> =
Cyril's great.
=
> Highly controversial, this is the "Proto Language" website.
> Although not necessarily a believer, I find the propositions
> fascinating.
> =
If by "highly controversial" you mean "smells like snake oil," I agree. :=
) I
think one could call this "conlanging by one who doesn't realize that's w=
hat
he's doing." But I suppose to one degree or another you could level that=
accusation at anyone who does any reconstruction in the least bit specula=
tive.
Ed
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