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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:
> Jens, if someone were to propose that the stative suffix had the
form -*H1 rather than -*eH1, and that the -*e here was simply due to a
thematic version of the verb, what would be your arguments against
this idea?
That one can do better and analyze more if one pays attention to such
details as the exact shape of the stem, e.g. whether it is thematic or
athematic before the suffix is added. If that is found to make a
difference, as it is here, it should not be disregarded for the sake
of some illusory sense of simplicity.
Jens