From: Exu Yangi
Message: 33394
Date: 2004-07-06
>From: enlil@...However, -i is (as far as I know) a final vowel when used as a tense marker,
>
>Exu:
> > Perhaps like the present tense marker *-i.
>
>Yes, phonetically it's a vowel but technically it's a consonant
>because in IE *-i is zerograded *-Vy and *y is a consonant. What
>one would have to look for is a true morpheme consisting only
>of *e or of *o. I've already said my peace on how thematic vowels
>don't have a unified function and therefore cannot be called a
>morpheme so that leaves... nothing.
>
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