Re: [tied] Re: Slavic ptc.praes.act.

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> There was no -eN as such in 14th. century Polish. There
> were only long and short versions of a unified nasal vowel
> (from CS *oN and *eN).

The colour of this unified nasal vowel was [a].

> The split between ø > eN and ø: > oN
> is dated between the 15th and 18th centuries. The
> denasalization of final -eN is merely described as
> "dzisiejsza" in my Polish historical grammar (S. Rospond,
> PWN, 2000).

It's still optional rather than absolute, though a fully nasalised final
[eN] can in most cases be regarded as a spelling-pronunciation. [o] for
[oN], on the other hand, is regarded as substandard -- it's something
that people notice and may stigmatise.

Piotr