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What is the meaning of the number 2 in Proto-Indo European reconstructions? e.g. As in *tewtéh₂, meaning "people" or "tribe"
I am a writer doing some research into ancient languages for a story I am creating. Despite having done some formal and informal study on linguistics (I am familiar with a phonetic chart) and informal ...
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What are the different ways prosodic features of a language are represented throughout the history of linguistics?
I can name a few:
1. Tones as numbers
2. Intonation contour as a line above the sentence
3. Tones as lines above segments
4. Stress marks before stress syllables ['white house] vs [white 'house]
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