Final voicing (2)

On Sun, 11 May 2003 04:26:20 +0200, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...>
wrote:

>We have:
>
>*-z nom.sg., perhaps associated with *so
>*-d n.sg., perhaps associated with *to
>*-g in *h1ég "I", perhaps associated with stative *-h2(a) (< **-k)
>*-dh(w)- (< *-dg(W)??) 2pl. middle vs. 2sg. stative *-th2(a) (< **-tk)
>
>It would be nice to know the exact conditions (2sg. *-s(i) and f.
>*-(i)h2, as well as pf. *-h2(a), *-th2(a) are voiceless; coll. *-h2
>could have both, as there is no way of knowing that **-G didn't give
>*-h2, just like **-z gives *-s).

With the exception of the dubious 2pl. middle (and we might add the
2sg. athematic imperative in *-dhi), the distribution seems to be:
voicing occurs in (pro-)nominal forms, verbal forms have voiceless
endings. If verbs were sentence final (SOV), that makes sense.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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