Re: IE thematic wovels

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 480
Date: 2001-12-03

Miguel:
>There is no *-bhyom. Period.

Neither has *-bhos become a genitive in any other language...


>>You still have trouble with the concept of "syllable", I see.
>>
>>The thematic is not part of the verbal stem
>
>Yes it is. That's what thematic _means_.

I told you: the thematic is not part of the stem because it doesn't
occur throughout the entire paradigm. It doesn't occur in the past
tense (*e-bher-t). The stem is *bher-.

- love gLeN


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