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You know what, Miguel? This collaborative result is more reasonable than any explanation of Slavic endings I've seen in the literature. It works in other respects, too, by accounting for *-a:s > *-a:x > *-u:x > *-u: > *-y and several other inflectional problems as well. There's nothing like a good dispute.

Piotr

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From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal

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Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 8:50 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] (unknown)

On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 07:37:25 +0100, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote: >Your points here are well taken. Let me modify my initial hypothesis: first we have *-s > *-x in inflectional endings (just like English -s > -z), then *-ax > *-ux (a purely phonological development, like *-aN > *-uN), and finally the dropping of all final consonants. No need to bring *-z in. Fair enough, I take it back (from PBS, not pPIE). ======================= Miguel Carrasquer Vidal mcv@...