[tied] Re: Ablaut, hi-conjugation, stress alternation, etc

> Last things first.
>
> I am sure the excellent Slavicists on this list will be able to

expand and amplify what I am about write.

>
> It is absolutely wrong to say that "preverbs made simple verbs
> punctual". Preverbs provide a wide variety of derivational nuances,
> only one of which is perfectivity. Perfectivity has nothing
> intrinsically to do with punctuality.

All preverbs make simple verbs punctual in Russian, from all I've heard.
That's good enough for me. And if the Russians can do it, so could the
PIEers.


Torsten