On Mon, 01 Oct 2001 01:20:10 +0200, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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mcv@...> wrote:
>As to *-o:n > -y, I have my doubts. I'd rather explain that through
>the influence of a (secondary) -s [> -h] (ka:mo:ns > kamy), cf.
>a:-stem Acc.pl. -a:ns > -y [or even Gsg. and Npl. -a:s > -y].
>And thematic 1sg. -/o:+m/ > -/o,/
I've been doing a preliminary inventarisation of Slavic Auslauts in
-Vs, -VN (i.e. -Vm or -Vn[t]) and -Vns [mainly nominal forms], and I
think the rules can be formulated as follows:
1. an Auslaut in -s or -N results in the vowel being raised 1 step (if
possible)
1b. in the case of -N, if the resulting vowel is (long?) /e/ or /o/,
the result is nasalized.
2. an Auslaut in -ns results in lengthening and raising by 2 steps (if
possible).
3. for the rules to work, in the front vowels we must assume a
sequence of steps: /E/ > /e/ > /ê/ > /i/ (!?) (back vowels: /a/ > /o/
> /u/). Diphthongs are treated as a sequence of two vowels [only the
last one subjected to the raising rules].
-os > -u [1] -om > -u [2] -ons > -u:
-is > -i -im > -i -ins > -i:
-us > -u -um > -u -uns > -u:
-Es > -e -Ent > -e~ [3] -jons > -jEns > -jê[~]
-a:s > -u: [4] -a:m > -o:~ -a:ns > -u: }
} o: = a:
-o:m > -o:~ -o:ns > -u: }
[-ja:s > -jê~] -ja:m > jo:~ [5] -ja:ns > -jE:ns > je^[~]
-ous > -ou
-ois > -oi/-ai
-i:s > -i:
-eis > -i:
-o:is > -uos > -uus = -u: [6]
-jo:is > -juos > -jius > -jiis = -ji:
[1] except n. s-stems
[2] except n. o-stems
[3] or maybe with comp. lengthening /-e:~/
[4] probably through secondary nasalization/confusion with *-a:ns
[5] analogical for expected -je:~?
[6] normal development (D sg. o-stems): -o:i > -uo [> -u]