Re: Graeca sine flexione
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 4, 2007, 4:48 |
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On May 3, 2007, at 9:23 AM, Philip Newton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> remember when we talked about Graeca sine flexione back in February
> 2006 (goodness, is it really that long ago)?
>
> I decided to take the idea, which had been simmering inside me for a
> while anyway, and do something with it. Based partially on the ideas
> presented in the ensuing mailing list threads and partially on some
> elaboration on my own, and lots of cribbing from existing texts in and
> on Greek.
[...]
I read the original mailing list thread, and noticed that it said
that /se/ and /kse/ in Modern Greek correspond to /es/ (or /eis/)
and /eks/ in Ancient Greek. Do those result from metathesis, or is
there some extra /e/ element that got tacked on to /es/ and /eks/?
(Nice looking language, btw!)