Three-Way Contrast of Secondary Articulations in PIE

[proto-language]

Dear Stanley and IEists:

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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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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/proto-religion/indexR.html "Veit ec
at ec hecc, vindgá meiði a netr allar nío, geiri vndaþr . . . a þeim
meiþi, er mangi veit, hvers hann af rótom renn." (Hávamál 138)