Publication: Word-final vowel shortenings in the Rigveda and the nominative singular of PIE *eh2- and *ih2-stems
Word-final vowel shortenings in the Rigveda and the nominative singular of PIE *eh2- and *ih2-stems
Date
Date
Date
Citations
Litscher, R. (2015). Word-final vowel shortenings in the Rigveda and the nominative singular of PIE *eh2- and *ih2-stems. Indogermanische Forschungen. Zeitschrift Für Indogermanistik Und Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, 120(1), 297–312. https://doi.org/10.1515/if-2015-0015
Abstract
Abstract
Abstract
The common reconstruction of *eh2- and devī́-type *ih2-stem singular nominatives as *-ah2 (< *-eh2) and -ih2 includes no overt marking of the nonneuter nominative singular. Instead of taking this for granted and searching for a motivation in the history of those stems, we raise the possibility of a reconstruction with overt marking (-āh2, *-īh2). In the second part, the distribution of some word-final vowel shortenings in the Rigveda is analysed in order to determine whether they correlate with the different origins of the vowels or
Additional indexing
Creators (Authors)
Journal/Series Title
Journal/Series Title
Journal/Series Title
Volume
Volume
Volume
Number
Number
Number
Page range/Item number
Page range/Item number
Page range/Item number
Page end
Page end
Page end
Item Type
Item Type
Item Type
In collections
Language
Language
Language
Publication date
Publication date
Publication date
Date available
Date available
Date available
ISSN or e-ISSN
ISSN or e-ISSN
ISSN or e-ISSN
OA Status
OA Status
OA Status
Publisher DOI
Citations
Litscher, R. (2015). Word-final vowel shortenings in the Rigveda and the nominative singular of PIE *eh2- and *ih2-stems. Indogermanische Forschungen. Zeitschrift Für Indogermanistik Und Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, 120(1), 297–312. https://doi.org/10.1515/if-2015-0015