Re: [tied] Definite adjectives: correction

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From: "Miguel Carrasquer" <mcv@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:47 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Definite adjectives: correction


> The loc.sg. of the o-stems never had a long vowel. That's a significant
> difference with the a:-stems. Another difference is that in the a:-stems
> the length was caused by laryngeal *h2, while in those o-stems endings
that
> have a long vowel (dat. -o:i, abl. -o:t, acc.pl. -o:ns, ins.pl. -o:is),
the
> ins. sg. excepted, the lengthening agent probably wasn't a laryngeal (one
> can't be totally sure of the ins.pl., given ins.sg. *-oh1).

Yes, but the length is not to be expected in L. sg. of a-stems because
*-eh2i > *-ah2i > *-ay with no length because the laryngeal was in
intervocalic position. The length in D. sg. *-eh2ey is because of
contraction (of the two *e > *a) and not because of the laryngeal. Although,
analogy to other cases with long *a: < *-eh2 (when *h2 was not in
intervocalic position) could be expected.

Mate