Re: first syllabe stress in IE languages (was Re: A dialogue in Old Urianian.)
| From: | Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, February 24, 2007, 18:56 |
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Hi Joerg (sorry no umlauts)
On 23/02/07, Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> wrote:
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> The last "possibility" of yours is impossible. PIE *definitely* didn't
> have
> first syllable stress. It had a mobile accent. It is true that the first
> syllable stress is also found in Old Latin and Goidelic, but these
> languages
> did not inherit it from PIE.
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> ... brought to you by the Weeping Elf
>
Interesting. Is the mobile stress in Slavic (or at least Russian) (and
Baltic?) a survivor, then, or is it innovative?
Jeff