Proto-Indo-European Glottalic Stops: The Comparative Evidence (original) (raw)

The research presents a systematic examination of Proto-Indo-European (PIE) phonology, specifically focusing on the glottalic stops. It challenges traditional reconstructions of PIE voiced obstruents and proposes a model suggesting the existence of a series of preglottalized voiced obstruents based on comparative evidence from various daughter languages. The findings indicate that glottalization has been preserved in several modern languages and suggest a common innovation across most Indo-European dialects, with significant implications for our understanding of PIE phonotactics and typology.