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On Thematic Deverbals in *-m-

  • Author:

    Eric P. Hamp

  • Page Number:

    59.2:325-328

  • Date:

    1988

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Abstract

Besides Chinese, Tai, and American Indian languages, Li Fang-Kuei also
studied Indo-European languages and comparison, of which he had a surprisingly detailed knowledge; this note recalls numerous stimulating conversations ranging over all these topics. Problems of homophonous morphological segments apply to Indo-European comparison much as homophony figures in comparative Chinese and Tai lexicology.
The formation of thematic stems in PIE embraces a complex of morpho-
logical processes of different functional values.  Nouns of action in *-mo-s
must be severely distinguished from *-mo- adjectives, from *-mo- participles (ultimately in complex relation with other thematic participles in *-n-, -r-, -l-, -u-, -d-, and *-t-).
I have earlier established a zero-grade feminization in *-ma to the action noun in *-mo-, but evidence is sparse. Here I explore possible Albanian evidence and the IE dialectology of attestation of this less obvious formation. We have here a fragmentary episode of comparative IE morphology.

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Eric P. Hamp, “On Thematic Deverbals in *-m-,” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 59.2 (1988): 325-328.

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Eric P. Hamp
1988 “On Thematic Deverbals in *-m-.” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 59.2: 325-328.
Eric P. Hamp. (1988). On Thematic Deverbals in *-m-. Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, 59(2), 325-328.
Eric P. Hamp. “On Thematic Deverbals in *-m-.” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 59, no. 2 (1988): 325-328.
Eric P. Hamp. “On Thematic Deverbals in *-m-.” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, vol. 59, no. 2, 1988, pp. 325-328.
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