Re: Doubly-Articulated Indo-Europeans with Emphasis

Steg Belsky wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i don't remember when it was, sometime when i was emailless, but i got
> this idea:
>
> a phonetic change from PIE /k<w>/ and /g<w>/ into a doubly articulated
> /kp/ and /gb/ in a descendent language.  And from there even to a
> Semitic-style emphaticized (pharyngealized) /p<A>/ and /b<A>/.
>
> Does that strike anyone as im/plausible?
Not at all implausible.  Greek <bous> is derived from PIE *gwous, and in
my own dialect area of English, there is a noticeable tendecy to simplify
such clusters/sounds:  "quarter" often comes out as something closer
to /kortr=/, with only a slight rounding of the lips.

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