Re: [tied] The disappearance of *-s -- The saga continues

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:46:10 -0700 (PDT),
enlil@... wrote:

>Miguel:
>> What we find is an ins.pl. in *-o:ys, which _could_ mean
>> that the "plural" *-s _did_ have a lengthening effect,
>
>Well then, we could say that *m has a lengthening effect
>in the thematic gen.plural too.

The difference is that vowel + m# never lengthens, so
claiming that for the gen.pl. would be merely silly.

vowel + sonorant + s# _does_ lengthen (e.g. in the oy-stems,
like sakha: and Sappho:), so it's fully justified to
investigate whether the length in the ins.pl. comes from the
same soundlaw.


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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