Re: [TIED] PIE ablaut

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From: Alexander Dakhov AKA Dusty

To: cybalist@egroups.com

Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 1:21 PM

Subject: [TIED] PIE ablaut

 

Ablaut = vowel alternations in different variants (allomorphs) of the same morpheme.

 

Qualitative ablaut (e/o, as in wegH-e-ti vs. wogH-os) is often contrasted with quantitalive ablaut (lengthened grade/normal grade/nil grade, as representd by *p@...:r/*p@.../*p@...).

 

"Strange" ablauts:

 

Post-ablaut phonological changes led to the appearance of various secondary types, especially the "schwa/long vowel" alternation (such as *@/*a:) explained by the laryngeal theory as *X/*eX > *X/*VX > *@/*V: (X= any "laryngeal"; V= a vowel coloured by the "laryngeal"). Another alternation of this kind is *@/*V where *@ alternates with a short vowel (< *X/*Xe). Some minor ablaut types involving long vowels remain somewhat mysterious, though it's generally accepted that they should be explained within the laryngeal theory: *eu/*u:, *o:/*i:, *e:/*oi/*i:.

 

Piotr

   

 

Dear members of Cybalist!
  Can anybody help me and tell <b>strict<\b> and <b>exact<\b>
definition of Proto-Indo-European ablaut? Especially:
  a) Does it count 2 (e/o) or 3 (nil/e/o) grade?
  b) Does any other vovels (except e/o) are involved?
  c) How PIE ablaut connect to morphology? Which grade are used in
nouns or in verbs?

  WBR, Alexander Dakhov.

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