Fw: [tied] PIE word formation

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From: fournet.arnaud

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 7:24 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] PIE word formation

My own theory about PIE word formation is :

 

Root :

 

Can be made with one, two or three consonants.

Gives core meaning.

Most often two or three : C₁_C₂_C₃.

Thematic vowel is inserted before last consonant of the root.

 

Prefix :

 

# s- (nominalizes)

# t- (smallness)

# t? > d- (medio-passive)

# dh (rare)

# H₂ (rare) (nominalizes)

No vowel is inserted between prefix and root.

Metathesis : #T-C > #C-T- sometimes occurs.

 

Infix :

 

-n-

-t- (mostly Greek)

-l-

-r-

Apart from -n-, vowel always follows infix.

Infixes -l- and -r- are always between last but one consonant of root and thematic vowel.

 

Verbal suffixed morphemes

 

- H₁ -

- w -

- H₃ -

- s -

- dh -

 

Derivational suffixes

 

- t -e/o-

- k -e/o-

- y -e/o-

- d -e/o-

- n -

- r -

- l -

- m-

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: alexandru_mg3

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:55 PM

Subject: [Courrier indésirable] [tied] PIE word formation

I would like to open a thread in which to fix 'more exactly' the PIE
word formation rules

I will start proposing a very general rool , in order to can refine it
next (I'm still not sure that is the correct one)

pie_word -> pie_root
( thematic_vowel
pie_sufix
)*
pie_ending?

where -> - means 'is defined as'
(x)* - x can appear zero-times till n-times
(x)+ - x can appear one-time till n-times
(x)? - x can appear one time or not at all
a b - means 'a and b'
a | b - means 'a or b'
the notation is that what of language grammars
I will add later grammar attributes notations too, if the topic will
survive

Thanks in advance for joining this topic.

Marius