Re: [tied] Re: PIE Punctual and Durative, correction, full quote

On 2006-12-29 22:52, tgpedersen wrote:

> So, if I understand you right, PIE has
>
> 1)
> a) athematic nouns with mobile stress,

Yes.

> b) thematic nouns with fixed stress on root

Yes.

> c) thematic nouns with fixed stress on thematic vowel

Yes.

>
> and
>
> 2)
> a) semithematic present verb stems with mobile stress,

I don't think so. It had _athematic_ verbs with mobile stress (plus some
athematic Narten presents with root stress).

> b) thematic present verb stems with fixed stress on root

These are probably post-PIE.

> c) thematic present verb stem with fixed stress on thematic vowel

Yes.

> and
>
> 3)
> a) semithematic aorist verb stems with mobile stress,

Other people call them athematic.

> b) thematic aorist verb stems with fixed stress on root

No.

> c) thematic aorist verb stem with fixed stress on thematic vowel

> but in 3b) none of the thematic aorist verb stems with fixed stress on
> root have matching cognates in other languages. 3b) can not be shown
> to exist and therefore it does not exist. Therefore 3) is not similar
> to 2) and 2) + 3) not similar to 1).
>
> What do you think Popper would say?

He would have said, "Respect the evidence".

Piotr