Re: The monumental stupidity of PIE theorists further illustrated

On Jul 24, 7:18 pm, analys...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

and humiliate (posthumously, in
many cases, I guess) folks such as Kuiper who have essentially
defecated on Sanskirt by claiming to see residues of the totally
chimerical "Laryngeals" in it.

How is that defecation? ... and why Sanskrit in particular when
reflexes of laryngeals are seen in all IE languages (except the now
extinct Hittite)?

How can something that never existed be reflected anywhere?

Who says laryngeals never existed? Look up Hittite. In the case of
Saussure, even before Hittite was discovered, his reconstructed PIE
had laryngeals since IE languages seemed to have reflexes of them.

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Relevant Pages

  • Szemerenyi on Laryngeals (was: Book recommendation?)
    ... how does he explain the three different reflexes of the laryngeals in ... reflex of laryngeals is either a long vowel, or the vowel a (i in ... In Greek, as you know, there are three possible short ... The problem is Hittite. ...
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  • Re: The monumental stupidity of PIE theorists further illustrated
    ... chimerical "Laryngeals" in it. ... Saussure, even before Hittite was discovered, his reconstructed PIE ... posit, and why, and what Kurylowicz _did_ observe in Hittite? ...
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  • Re: The monumental stupidity of PIE theorists further illustrated
    ... chimerical "Laryngeals" in it. ... Look up Hittite. ... Saussure, even before Hittite was discovered, his reconstructed PIE ... had laryngeals since IE languages seemed to have reflexes of them. ...
    (sci.lang)
  • Re: The monumental stupidity of PIE theorists further illustrated
    ... chimerical "Laryngeals" in it. ... Saussure, even before Hittite was discovered, his reconstructed PIE ... had laryngeals since IE languages seemed to have reflexes of them. ... presentation of establishment PIE theoy (restricted to Sanskirt Greek ...
    (sci.lang)
  • Re: PIE *H?
    ... > attested languages and see what sounds occur in regular correspondences. ... > laryngeals, and that their values are not really recoverable at all. ... > his chapters on phonology are really quite good, and he gives a fair and ... a sort of text on IE linguistics approached with a view to explaining ...
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