Three-Way Contrast of Secondary Articulations in PIE

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Thu Mar 29 22:25:50 UTC 2001


Dear Stanley and IEists:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley Friesen" <sarima at friesen.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 8:32 AM

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[PRp]
>> Or, if /i/ and /u/ are phonemic vowels, what would be the
>> zero-grade form of a Ci/u(C) syllable?

[SF]
> The same as the zero grade of a CeC syllable - CC.

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[PR]
Easily said but more difficult to illustrate with an actual credible example.

But, I am willing to learn. Do you have one?

Pat

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