"syllabicity"

[Patrick C. Ryan]

Dear Peter and Nostraticists:

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Whale <peter at petegray.freeserve.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 2:59 PM

> SOmeone (depedning how many arrows there were before the quote) said:

>>. IE CiC does not show up in AA as normal C-C but rather always
>>>as C-y-C.

> Perhaps this is because only words with AA C-y-C were suggested as cognates.
> Nostratic is still very young - so is this a case of theory coming before
> evidence?

In an effort to accumulate cognates, the quantity of which would tip the
balance of evidence, Nostraticists have overlooked no possible cognates ---
even when the phonology was totally bizarre.

Pat

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