Re: [tied] Morphology (8/20)

Miguel:

>That's the "traditional" explanation given to the Hittite
>hi-conjugation, which I find unsatisfactory.

Oh-oh...

>In Hittite, the hi-conjugation has both present and
>preterite forms, and only a closed number of verbs are >conjugated in this
>manner.

Just a simple question: How does the hi-conjugation
represent the "stative"? Are all hi-verbs statives?? It
sounds like we are assuming that the mi-conjugation is
active while the hi-conjugation is stative. Why?

>What is an "abrupt incomplete"???

It was just a diagram to show the evolution of the system
from active-stative to the durative-aorist-perfect of
"traditional" (as you put it) IE. If you can alter the
diagram in a better way, please do so.


- gLeN





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