Re: [tied] Bader's article on *-os(y)o

On Fri, 21 May 2004 06:23:09 -0400 (EDT), "Brent J. Ermlick"
<brent3@...> wrote:

>In article <d27pa0p72fol3suncn0eukrvqui4m0mbhr@4ax.com> Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
> . . .
>> In the case of standard proterodynamic nouns, the o-grade is
>> caused by an automatic lengthening of the posttonic
>> (svarita) syllable, _if_ the preceding syllable is light:
>>
>> *h2ak^-man-z > *h2ak^-ma:n-z > *h2ak^-mon-z > h2ak^-mo:n
>> *h2ak^-man-m > *h2ak^-ma:n-m > *h2ak^-mon-m > h2ak^-mon-m.
>> *h2ak^-man-as > *h2ak^-man-a:s > *h2k^-men-os
>
>Could you please clarify your definition of a light syllable in
>this example? I'd ordinarily think of "*h2ak^-" as a heavy syllable
>if I were scanning dactylic hexameter.

It's independent of any following syllable. If the syllable
contains no long vowel, and ends in a single consonant, it's
light.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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