Intensive Reduplication

[Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen]

On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, I wrote:

> [...]
> [I]n the mid-seventies [...] Martin
> Peters presented the analysis of Attic Greek /hi:'e:mi/ from
> *H1yi-H1yeH1-mi where the presence of a laryngeal could be proved. [...]

Actually, Peters said only *Hyi-HyeH1-mi with unspecified laryngeal in the
initial. But as soon as Francis and Normier presented solid evidence that
only /H1/ gives plain lengthening after high vowels in Greek (while iH2
iH3 yield ya:, yo:, and uH2 uH3 yield wa:, wo:), the H1 was a clear thing
in the minds of those who accept this theory. Since Peters does not accept
it, I should not have quoted his analysis in a shape that would suggest
that he did.

Jens