From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 52015
Date: 2008-01-28
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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [tied] IS PIE * DERU EXCLUSIVELY INDO-EUROPEAN ?
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> For prefix status, I should have added that we be able to isolate the
> meaning of the prefix: any ideas or what these purported prefixes mean?
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> I have already stated that this prefix is medio-passive
> and it is most often a useless pleonastic addition in PIE
> Maybe I have already written ten times.
> The blindest are those who don't want to see.
> Arnaud
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Why not enlighten us how "medio-passive" plays into the semantic distinction
between *ak^ru- and *dak^ru-?
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> A seeming prefix in almost unlimited use is s-mobile. In my opinion, it is
> the first element of a _compound consisting_ of *s(u)-, 'well', and gives
> the root an emphatic or perfective aspect. I hypothesize that this is the
> probable meaning of *s(u) though, by its nature, it is devilishly
> difficult
> to conclusively demonstrate.
>
> Patrick
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> There are probably more than one #s-
>
> One is anaphoric *s-
> Verb > noun
>
> Another one is "intensifier"
> Verb > Verb
>
> Arnaud
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And an explanation of "anaphoric" *s- with a noun would be interesting.
Patrick
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