... Alternative proposal for that nominal ablaut, independent of other IE phenomena: Piotr observes that the connecting vowel -i- in composites can be...
... All right, I'm back. The central problems are as follow: (1) The completely divergent development of the present-tense *-éje- in Baltic (*-a~-) and Slavic...
... Here's another take: The *-je/o- extension appears just before the endings. It is a type of thematic ending. Suppose (Schmalstieg) the original verbal...
At 12:02:36 PM on Wednesday, August 30, 2006, tgpedersen ... [...] ... I haven't looked at that in 20 years. Can you give a specific reference to something in...
At 5:46:37 AM on Wednesday, August 30, 2006, tgpedersen ... Whether it is or not, it isn't *evidence* of anything except the mental processes of the reasoner. ...
... I never understood why you and Piotr wanted me to prove a definition. ... I'm afraid all the practical experience I have with this is from trying to build...
... Voiced too, cf. OCS 1st and 3rd pl. How's this different from the assumption of a fully thematic conjugation, except that you add an intermediate stage...
... Nono. Here's the original process: ChSl. mogU moz^e moz^e mogomU moz^ete mogõ ... Jasonoff posits the existence of an extended present stem in -i- in...
At 2:30:40 AM on Monday, September 4, 2006, tgpedersen ... We don't. You didn't offer a definition; you made a claim about languages. We wanted you to supply...
... What has this got to do with the *-je/o- suffix in present stems or with semithematic conjugations? The above forms are those of the asigmatic aorist,...
... I was imagining something like i-extended present stem (à la Jasonoff) -> recategorisation (à la id.) as semithematic mi- conjugation -> recategorisation...
... I've never heard of the rule for such a retraction. Hirt's Law is about retraction to a pre-tonic nucleus flanked by a (non-vocalized) laryngeal, and here...
... Laryngeal insertion by analogy (after verbs in *-ah2- and *-eh1-) is always an option, but I was toying with the idea that the result of the early...
... vr.ddhied ... , ... I see, but the whole point of Illic^-Svityc^, Kortlandt and their followers is that it was the segmental laryngeal itself, not its ...
... ... or remained intact (unless you follow those who state that every originally stresed *-éi- has been monophthongized in East Baltic, even though the...
... I have yet to see a consonant that attracts the ictus by itself rather than indirectly, through the effect it has on the neighbouring vowel. Kortlandt...
... Specifically, in the case of English, this claim from ... And originally that meant: it rained, then it rained; he rode, then he rode. Plurality of rains...
... rather ... vowel. What about the well-known Paradebeispiel *keh2uló- (Gr. kaulós 'stem') > *kahuló- > (Hirt) *káhulo- > Lith. káulas (1), Latv. kau~ls...
... OK, now I see what you are objecting to: it's not the idea that iterative verbs refer to several consecutive occasions, but the claim that iterative is the...
... From: tgpedersen<mailto:tgpedersen@...> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com<mailto:cybalist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 11:16 AM ...
... It's not in Pokorny, if that's what you mean, no. But since I suspect that *bheH(i)- (I think I'll amend it to) is manifested in both Pokorny *bho:i- :...
... Jasonoff handles it something like this: Of many roots, different languages have either e-, o-, or zero-grade of the root in the present stem, *therefore*...
