IE Plosive System: DLW Explains It All For You

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

iffr762 at utxvms.cc.utexas.edu wrote:

>	Before going on to the next part of my brilliant "tour de force",
>I need someone to answer for me a very basic question: does Semitic permit
>consecutive pharngealized ("emphatic") consonants in its roots?

Yes.  I have the impression that Semitic rather encourages them
(or at least that pharyngeal /H/ and /3/ sometimes cause
neighbouring etymologically non-emphatic consonants to become
emphatic).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl
Amsterdam