Re: [tied] Re: IE thematic presents and the origin of their themati

From: glen gordon
Message: 39902
Date: 2005-09-08

Rob talking about something unrelated to my ensuing
flash of inspiration:
> The so-called tudáti-type is then, in origin,
> nothing more than the subjunctive of a root
> durative.

Oooh, wait a darnpickin' minute :) I see what the
idea is! It's the accent! That's what disambiguates
the two cases, yes? So *bHer-e-ti, having initial
accent, is assumed to be from a subjunctivized
Narten because the length supposedly steals accent
away from the thematic vowel. And so, whenever the
thematic vowel is accented however, it is assumed to
be a subjunctivized _aorist_ which retains original
accent on the subjunctive morpheme. ??

Aaaaah. If I'm wrong, somebody let me know. Carry on,
carry on :) I'll be thinking some more in the corner
over here.


= gLeN





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