Re: [tied] Accentuation

As far as I know,

*eh2 admits :

stress on root : t'om-â (concrete)

stress on ending : tom'â (verb action)

with in Greek abstract / concrete opposition.

I am not sure this feature is PIE,

but it is at least Greek, and possibly

an eastern PIE feature.

I would be surprised that a PIE verb

could have -e- or -o- in the root and stress on thematic ending :

to me, this would be a contradiction.

----- Original Message -----

From: Andrew Jarrette

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 6:52 PM

Subject: [tied] Accentuation

Perhaps someone can recommend a book dealing with IE accentuation. What I would like to know is whether feminine stems in *-eh2, *-ih2, and *-uh2 were always accented on the stem-formant (*-eh2, etc.), whether neuters in *-om, *-i, and *-u had variable accent (in the nom./acc.) from word to word, and whether any IE verbs with *e in the root (of the form CeC-) had stress on the thematic ending.

Thanks,

Andrew