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Papers by Robert Woodhouse

Evidence is presented in support of a typologically based hypothesis of a pre-final stage of PIE ... more Evidence is presented in support of a typologically based hypothesis of a pre-final stage of PIE in which palatovelars were opposed to a single set of phonemes, each phoneme comprising plain velar allophones and labiovelar allophones. During this stage delabialization of the labiovelar allophones took place in the environment after *u, the output being reinterpreted as palatovelars. The stage was terminated when one of the backvelar allophones – which one depending on the dialect – spread beyond its original environment(s) and became dominant in a specific set of dialects. The hypothesis thus contributes (1) a solution to the gutturalfrage that is not limited to inadequately motivated rejections of one or other of the three series of tectal phonemes on offer in the current mainstream reconstruction of PIE occlusives; (2) a rationale for the rise of labiovelars in PIE, (3) a coherent explanation for a currently unacknowledged source of gutturalwechsel, viz. delabialization after *u in satem languages and (4) motivation for the replacement of the awkward concept of “palatalization after *u” in Armenian by a straightforward delabialization.

The paper provides my final statement on the distribution of the Proto-Slavic back nasal vowel in... more The paper provides my final statement on the distribution of the Proto-Slavic back nasal vowel in these texts. It improves on my earlier attempts of 1996 and 1999 and is based on responses to the criticisms of Frederik Kortlandt, the more crucial of which responses, including essentially a demolition of Kortlandt's accent-based theory, were published in Indogermanische Forschungen 2006 and 2008, a journal unfortunately pursuing a policy on the use of boldface type unhelpful for the present paper.

Historische Sprachforschung Historical Linguistics, 2008

Indogermanische Forschungen, 2010

A long discarded etymology connecting the Greek word with Balto-Slavic and Germanic cognates is r... more A long discarded etymology connecting the Greek word with Balto-Slavic and Germanic cognates is rehabilitated on the basis of a fresh semantic consideration together with the common lack of demonstrable e-grade forms, here explained by the presence of h3 in the root onset. The assumed inhibiting effect of h3 on assibilation of the assumed root-initial prevelar/ palatovelar ino- nand zero-grade forms ushers in a wider range of possible Balto-Slavic cognates permitting a motivated answer to the ongoing question of the relationship between the groups containing OE geap 'wide' and geap 'bent', respectively. A possible etymology is suggested for the previously largely isolated group of Lith. Zaubiu 'eat with full/ open mouth'.

Historical Linguistics, 2013

Indogermanische Forschungen, 2005

Australian Slavonic and East European Studies, 2009

... Formatted title, Review of Karin Larsen, The Evolution of the System of Long and Short Adject... more ... Formatted title, Review of Karin Larsen, The Evolution of the System of Long and Short Adjectives in Old Russian, Slavistische Beitrage 439 (Munich: Otto Sagner, 2005). ... End page, 175. Total pages, 3. Editor(s), McNair, John Morgan, Lyndall. Place of publication, St Lucia QLD. ...

Indogermanische Forschungen, 2003

Critiques the Hebrew semantics of Lindeman's 1993 rejection of the connection between Sanskri... more Critiques the Hebrew semantics of Lindeman's 1993 rejection of the connection between Sanskrit surksyati and Gothic saurga and examines the contribution of all the principal relevant languages to the establishment of the PIE protoform, with a postscript on Old Irish sebortir.

Historische Sprachforschung Historical Linguistics, 1998

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2009

... und während der nachfolgenden vier Jahrhunderte. – Deger-Jalkotzy S. (ed.): 25–47. Bittel K.,... more ... und während der nachfolgenden vier Jahrhunderte. – Deger-Jalkotzy S. (ed.): 25–47. Bittel K., Güterbock, HG 1935. Boğazköy: neue Untersuchungen in der hethitischen Hauptstadt 1. Berlin. ... Phrygian. (Anatolian and Caucasian studies). Delmar (New York). Dressler W. 1964a. ...

Indogermanische Forschungen Zeitschrift Fuer Indogermanistik Und Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, 2009

The belief that the Sindhi implosives represent a direct inheritance of the voiced preglottalized... more The belief that the Sindhi implosives represent a direct inheritance of the voiced preglottalized mediae, reliably reconstructed on other grounds for the greater part of PIE, is shown to be inconsistent with the presence in Sindhi of exceptions to Lubotsky's law of laryngeal loss before voiced preglottalized mediae in Indo-Iranian irrespective of whether Sindhi is regarded as being generally derivable from Vedic or as having pursued a substantially independent development. Arguments for the Vedic parentage of Sindhi are presented (in n. 46 and the Appendix), as well as an argument based on Lubotsky's 1988 theory of the origin of the PIE accent that PIE preglottalized mediae originated in nonglottalized stops and therefore offer no evidence for the quasi-traditional 'glottalic theory'. Arguments demolishing alleged counterexamples to an unrestricted form of Fortunatov's law relating to Indo-Aryan retroflex stops are also presented with other novel conclusions regarding the history of liquids in Indo-Iranian.

Indogermanische Forschungen, 2006

Glotta Zeitschrift Fur Griechische Und Lateinische Sprache, 1996

The Journal of Indo European Studies, 1998

J Chromatogr a, 1981

Methods are described for the analysis of the anti-coccidial drug, halofuginone, in chicken tissu... more Methods are described for the analysis of the anti-coccidial drug, halofuginone, in chicken tissue at concentrations as low as 1 ppb (0.001 ppm) and in chicken feed at a concentration of 3 ppm, using high-performance liquid chromatography. The tissue analysis involves: enzymatic release of the halofuginone followed by ethyl acetate extraction under basic conditions, partition into ammonium acetate buffer, concentration using Sep-pakTM C18 cartridge. The feed analysis involves: ethyl acetate extraction under basic conditions, partition into hydrochloric acid, concentration using XAD-2 column chromatography. Both methods use high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection for the final analysis. Precision and accuracy data for both methods are given.

Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, Jun 23, 2014

Oecologia, 1976

The gas exchange and water relations of two Sonoran Desert plants was measured throughout a 12-mo... more The gas exchange and water relations of two Sonoran Desert plants was measured throughout a 12-month period. Seasonal photosynthesis patterns of both plants followed the seasonal variation in plant water potential. Ambrosia deltoidea, a drought-deciduous shrub, is mainly winter-spring active since maximum photosynthesis rates of 38 mg CO2 dm-2 h-1 were measured at this time. This plant is characterized by

Glotta Zeitschrift Fur Griechische Und Lateinische Sprache, 2005

... 5 and 5 ; cross-ksi /; the subposed comma in each case indicating the Rix/Meiser interpretati... more ... 5 and 5 ; cross-ksi /; the subposed comma in each case indicating the Rix/Meiser interpretation ... 2), sesuctuna, setumesa, seurusa, svalasi, svestnal (2), svestnei, sis(|>e, spaspunia, spurieisi ... cusinas (2), cuislanias, eiseras, eisteis, esals, eses, esvanas, esvenas, es^unas, etiasas ...

Cancer, Feb 15, 1982

Laryngeal edema persisting for more than three months following radiotherapy developed in 38 of 2... more Laryngeal edema persisting for more than three months following radiotherapy developed in 38 of 247 (15.4%) patients irradiated for carcinoma of the vocal cord. In 17 (44.7%) of these patients, the laryngeal edema was associated with persistent or recurrent disease, although only 25.4% of the patients with uncontrolled disease had laryngeal edema. The incidence of laryngeal edema was 13.1% for TI disease, 23.8% for Tb and 21.4% for T3 and T4 disease. It increased significantly with increase of minimum tumor dose t 7000 rad or with NSD > 1900 ret, being 46.2% with minimum tumor dose 2 7000 rad and 13.7% with minimum tumor dose < 7000 rad and 43% with NSD > 1900 ret and 17% with NSD I 1900 ret. It also increased with increase of field size, being 13.4% with field sizes < 6.0 X 6.0 cm', and 24.4% with field sizes t 6.0 X 6.0 Em2. When laryngeal edema is progressive and unresponsive to conservative measures, multiple biopsies should be performed to establish the presence of persistent or recurrent disease before salvage surgery is attempted. However, if it is mild, stable, no visible recurrence develops, and especially if it is limited to the arytenoids, no biopsy should be attempted because of the risk of inducing laryngeal necrosis.

Beitrage Zur Geschichte Der Deutschen Sprache Und Literatur, 1997