Lindeman Fredrik Otto. The triple representation of Schwa in Greek and some related problems of Indo-European phonology

Oslo: 1982. — 75 p.The primary aim of this short work is to support the theory that the triple representation of schwa is an innovation in Greek. In this connexion I have found it necessary to discuss in some detail a number of related problems in Armenian and Anatolian. This entailed a critical survey of much of the ‘laryngalist’ literature of the last decade. Naturally, anyone who is foolhardy enough to undertake such a task runs the risk of being branded as a ‘know-all’. It is my conviction, however, that this particular area of Indo-European studies is in danger of becoming a kind of fantasy world in which common sense and the normal standards of scholarship have been left behind. The laryngeal theory is a powerful tool; unconstrained and uncritical use of it is of no service to our discipline.