PIE Phonology by Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
A re-evaluation of the origin of the Latin gerund and gerundive in the light of the 'Kortlandt-ef... more A re-evaluation of the origin of the Latin gerund and gerundive in the light of the 'Kortlandt-effect' and the 'stative' in *-eh1.
The PIE class of r/n-heteroclitics suggests a sound law *-n > *-r, i.e. denasalization of /n/ in ... more The PIE class of r/n-heteroclitics suggests a sound law *-n > *-r, i.e. denasalization of /n/ in absolute final position. Traces of this ancient sound law can also be seen in the verbal endings. The sound law was not unconditional, because it was blocked after /m/ or /ŋ/.
Despite Hirt's announcement that Brugmann's law 1 was dead 2 , it still remains in full force today.
Classical Armenian uses the morpheme -kʽ to mark:
PIE Nominals by Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
A look at different phenomena in PIE (and Anatolian in particular) in the light of the notions of... more A look at different phenomena in PIE (and Anatolian in particular) in the light of the notions of animacy, definiteness and split-ergativity: the ‘absolutive’ (NA n.) case in *-Ø, o-stem *-om, the ergative suffix *-énts in Anatolian (and perhaps Latin and Slavic), i-mutation in Luwian, the neuter suffix -sa in Luwian, the PIE s-stem neuters.
The fact that IE nominals show a number of distinctive Ablaut patterns was first studied by Peder... more The fact that IE nominals show a number of distinctive Ablaut patterns was first studied by Pedersen and Kuiper, and was further developed by the 'Erlangen school' (Rix, Schindler, etc.). Today, the existence of such inflectional patterns is generally accepted, although there remain a number of disagreements on the exact number of categories, how they should be named, and exactly which reconstructed words inflect according to which patterns.
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PIE Phonology by Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
PIE Nominals by Miguel Carrasquer Vidal