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Re: Evidence for Nostratic? (was Re: Proto-Uralic?)

From:Muke Tever <muke@...>
Date:Thursday, July 10, 2003, 16:18
From: "Rob Haden" <magwich78@...>
> My point was not to deny the existence of laryngeals entirely. I certainly > think that 'laryngeals' existed in PIE; what frustrates me is that > seemingly no attempt is made to figure out exactly what they are. Instead, > they seem to be just accepted as these 'mystery phonemes' that have certain > alleged effects. What I'd like to see is some genuine, honest debate as to > what the actual 'laryngeals' were.
Ok. http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~bkessler/PIE-laryngeals/laryngeals.ps.gz For most researchers the exact phonetics of laryngeals are basically irrelevant, the more relevant point being their effects, which are known, and their correspodences in various daughter languages, AFAICT. *Muke! -- http://frath.net/