From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 33497
Date: 2004-07-12
>> -----Original Message-----In Polish actually declined as feminines (Kosciuszko,
>> From: Piotr Gasiorowski [mailto:gpiotr@...]
>
>> > That's interesting, because one of the arguments against
>> the vocative
>> > theory is the lack of any parallel cases.
>>
>> In colloquial Modern Polish, the vocative (in <-u>) of the
>> hypocoristic forms of male first nouns (Krzysiu, Grzechu,
>> Jasiu, Stachu, etc.) frequently functions as the nominative
>> (Jasiu dzwonil/ do mnie wczoraj 'Jack phoned me yesterday').
>
>Miguel probably hasn't mentioned that, but yet another argument against
>"from the vocative" theory is that this enygmatic /-e/ occurs in pronouns,
>adjectives and participles as well. Such a strange overgeneralization of the
>vocative would look unprecedent. Yet I have a strong feeling this has
>something to do with Slavic anthroponyms in -U/Iko (formally looking like
>the vocative of the *a-declension).