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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> And is Novgorod m.nom. -e = vocative?
There is no consensus, but I think nobody actually defends that view
any more because the ending -e is found with inanimate nouns,
adjectives, participles, and pronouns (*keto* 'who'). Most people
regard the problem as just one of those things.
I won't bother you with my pet theory, which you can find in Die Welt
der Slaven 36/1-2 (1991) and Russian Linguistics 18/2, 1994.
Best,
Willem