Re: [tied] a:/o: merger

--- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...> wrote:

>
> I'm perfectly willing to consider stress patterns, but s-neuters

were

> invariably stressed on the root in PIE (whereas stress on o-stem

Nsg.

> -ós was not uncommon). Why was the stress advanced in Slavic, only

to

> be retracted again after having "solved the phonological problem"?

I see your point. Unfortunately, I don't have the relevant books at
hand, so I can't answer to the point. Maybe later.

Sergei