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From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, June 17, 2000, 2:52
Danny Wier wrote:
> where > the Neogrammarians (the traditional reconstructionists) had p/b/bh, t/d/dh > etc. (the 'Sanskrit model'), Gamqrelidze and Ivanov have promoted an > alternative theory where the stop system is p/p'/b, t/t'/d, where C' is an > ejective
One variant proposed that the ejectives had implosive allophones, explaining why they became b/d/g in many IE langs. -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Glassín wafilái pigasyúv táv pifyániivav nadusakyáavav sussyáiyatantu wawailáv ku suslawayástantu ku usfunufilpyasváditanva wafpatilikániv wafluwáiv suttakíi wakinakatáli tiDikáufli!" - nLáf mÁldu nÍmasun ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor