On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 13:27:34 +0000, Glen Gordon
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glengordon01@...> wrote:
>Miguel:
>>Well, the circumflex accentuation we have in e.g. the Dsg. -o:~i
>>is best explained as the result of a contraction,
>
>That sounds like you're stating that circumflex accentuation is to
>be reconstructed in IE itself... but is it actually considered IE
>as opposed to postIE?
An opposition between circumflex and acute is attested independently
in Greek, Balto-Slavic and Germanic (e.g. -õ: > Goth. -o:, -ó: >
Gothic -a), and I think there can be little doubt that it's inherited.
This means that PIE can be reconstructed with acute vs. circumflex
intonations, or, alternatively, that it can be reconstructed with
vowels in hiatus. If we choose the first option, we should write the
o-stem Dsg. as *-õ:i, the Lsg. as *-õi and the Npl. as *-oí. If we
choose the second option, we must write them as *-oei, *-oi and *-oy.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...