tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post6335502606202029599..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Laryngeal overdose in the Indo-European second personGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-36237410019116081802009-07-31T12:18:07.223-05:002009-07-31T12:18:07.223-05:00PhoeniX: Yeah, it was a little late but I thought...PhoeniX: Yeah, it was a little late but I thought I might try to say hi to another linguistics student if you were around and taking courses.<br /><br />It is a little late I suppose, anyway it's been a bit of an Indo-European overload this week and it's been hard to get back to the internet.<br /><br />Anyway, Cheers.Mattitiahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17190475034700450411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-71647714756554285212009-07-30T18:49:09.055-05:002009-07-30T18:49:09.055-05:00Phoenix: "But maybe expressing such uncertain...<b>Phoenix: <i>"But maybe expressing such uncertainties about your own theories is considered not done in academic writing?"</i></b><br /><br />Academic writing should be about truth or finding truth, not about ego and the egotistic fear of being incorrect. We're all flawed. We're all wrong, one way or another. So we need to get over ourselves. ;o)<br /><br />On the other hand, Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-80259743984582624362009-07-30T03:43:42.680-05:002009-07-30T03:43:42.680-05:00Hey PhoeniX (sorry for butting into this laryngeal...<b>Hey PhoeniX (sorry for butting into this laryngeal discussion without adding to it) are you attending any of the Indo-European classes in the Leiden Summer School next week?</b><br /><br />Too bad I'm only reading this now! I am not attending the Summer school, but have been occasionally in Leiden for work on the Greek Etymological dictionary. But after Friday my work on the dictionary PhoeniXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627425696035152752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-71868766411767798762009-07-29T02:42:51.430-05:002009-07-29T02:42:51.430-05:00Interesting. Thank you.Interesting. Thank you.Sergei Andropovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264025738916361584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-69565775125210454032009-07-28T05:28:38.772-05:002009-07-28T05:28:38.772-05:00Sergei,
Yes, there are alternatives to Nostratic ...Sergei,<br /><br />Yes, there are alternatives to Nostratic such as Joseph Greenberg's <a href="http://books.google.ca/books?id=maft03b0cqUC&pg=PA331&dq=joseph+greenberg+eurasiatic" rel="nofollow">Eurasiatic Hypothesis</a>, although I think its inclusion of Ainu is a serious flaw.<br /><br /><b><i>"Also, what sort of consensus is there on k<*H?"</i></b><br /><br />Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-34155539230127812492009-07-28T01:42:06.942-05:002009-07-28T01:42:06.942-05:00There's a proposed connection between Indo-Eur...There's a proposed connection between Indo-European and Eskimo-Aleut (other than Nostratic)?<br /><br />Also, what sort of consensus is there on k<*H?Sergei Andropovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264025738916361584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-9961426908040723672009-07-26T02:43:08.976-05:002009-07-26T02:43:08.976-05:00PhoeniX: "[...] but in the *h2e [Kortlandt] s...<b>PhoeniX: <i>"[...] but in the *h2e [Kortlandt] sees an Indo-Uralic dative particle *ka as an object marker of sorts."</i></b><br /><br />I still hold tight to my theory that the PIE perfective set of endings is directly inherited from a Proto-Steppe stage circa 9,000 BCE that contained a special intransitive conjugation (See <a href="http://paleoglot.blogspot.com/2007/12/Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-65697373875652953142009-07-25T11:14:56.914-05:002009-07-25T11:14:56.914-05:00Hey PhoeniX (sorry for butting into this laryngeal...Hey PhoeniX (sorry for butting into this laryngeal discussion without adding to it) are you attending any of the Indo-European classes in the Leiden Summer School next week?Mattitiahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17190475034700450411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-79999125801209298772009-07-25T06:36:39.949-05:002009-07-25T06:36:39.949-05:00I could reply with 'I fully agree', but si...I could reply with 'I fully agree', but since that would be rather boring, I guess I'll throw in some food for thought.<br /><br />Kortlandt in 'The Indo-Uralic Verb' (see http://www.kortlandt.nl/publications/) also says that the 2sg ending must have been *-t+h2e, but in the *h2e he sees an Indo-Uralic dative particle *ka as an object marker of sorts. He isn't explicit PhoeniXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627425696035152752noreply@blogger.com