[tied] Re: Rise of the Feminine

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "elmeras2000" <jer@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, enlil@... wrote:

> > Further, the issue with why we have *to-s(m)yexei instead of
> > expected **to-smexei is an issue that you have to raise with
> > the stem *sm-o-, not with *to- itself. It's clear that without
> > the thematic, *sm- is zero-grade and a defective stem to decline.
> > The thematic is a necessary component for an otherwise
> undeclinable.
>
> No, athematic does not mean indeclinable.

I think Glen is referring to his principle ('paradigmatic
resistance'?) that only the most exceptional of stems can be
vowelless.

Richard.