Remarks on Τ. V. Gamkrelidze, 'Language typology and Indo-European reconstruction'

Chapters in this book

1. I-VIII I
2. Preface IX
3. List of Contributors XV
4. I. Opening remarks
5. Comments on reconstructions in historical linguistics 3
6. Reconstruction and historical linguistics (Discussion of Konrad Koerner's paper) 17
7. II. Laryngeal Theory
8. The nature of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals 23
9. The laryngeal theory and the phonology of prehistoric Greek 35
10. Laryngeal metathesis: An Aryan peculiarity? 43
11. Against a Proto-Indo-European phoneme *a 53
12. Monophthongizations: More plausible than laryngeals! 67
13. On (the nature of) Proto-Indo-European laryngeals 77
14. Remarks on R. S. P. Beekes, 'The nature of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals' 81
15. III. Glottalic Theory
16. Historical Italic phonology in typological perspective 85
17. Lachmann's law 103
18. Phonological and morphological consequences of the 'glottalic theory' 107
19. Language Typology and Indo-European reconstruction 117
20. Sound change typology and the 'Ejective Model' 123
21. Neue Forschungen zur germanischen Lautverschiebung—ein Fall von Paradigmenwechsel? 137
22. Die Tenues Aspiratae: Dreiteilung oder Vierteilung des indogermanischen Plosivsystems und die Konsequenzen dieser Frage für die Chronologie einer Glottalreihe 153
23. Towards a characterization of the Proto-Indo-European sound system 177
24. The Indo-European obstruent features and phonotactic constraints 209
25. Latin phonology and the 'Glottalic Model' 217
26. Remarks on P. Baldi and R. Johnston-Staver, 'Historical Italic phonology in typological perspective' 221
27. Remarks on F. Kortlandt, 'Lachmann's law' 223
28. Letter to Theo Vennemann 7 Sept. 1985 225
29. Reply to Claude Boisson's Remarks 227
30. Remarks on Τ. V. Gamkrelidze, 'Language typology and Indo-European reconstruction' 229
31. Indo-European consonant shifts—algebra, arithmetic, or normal science? 231
32. Remarks on J. E. Rasmussen, 'Die Tenues Aspiratae—Dreiteilung oder Vierteilung des idg. Plosivsystems und die Konsequenzen dieser Frage für die Chronologie einer Glottalreihe' 245
33. Erwiderung auf P. J. Hopper's 'Remarks' 249
34. 'Das Arlbergmodell'—ein Diskussionsbeitrag 255
35. Lettre aux participants de l'Atelier sur l'indo-europeén du Congrès de Pavie 22 juillet 1985 259
36. IV. Concluding remarks
37. Notes on the Workshop: Reconstructions of the Proto- Indo-European sound system and their consequences 267
38. Index of Forms 271
39. Index of Names 295