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The origin of Attic Reduplication.
- Source :
- Indo-European Linguistics; 2023, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p41-63, 23p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The origin of Attic reduplication (AR) in Greek, the phenomenon whereby roots beginning with VC- sequences copy the entire sequence in reduplication, is poorly understood. Contrary to the usual approach, which starts from the perfects of roots beginning with *HC- clusters (e.g., ἐλυθ - 'go out' < *h <subscript>1</subscript> lud <superscript>h</superscript> - ; perf. ἐλήλ (ο) υθα < *h <subscript>1</subscript> leh <subscript>1</subscript> l(ó)ud <superscript>h</superscript> - ?), it is argued here that AR began in the reduplicated aorist, where intensive reduplication was a shared innovation with Armenian (Gk. inf. ἀραρεῖν 'fit together' = Arm. 3 sg. arar 'made' < *h <subscript>2</subscript> er-h <subscript>2</subscript> r-e / o-). From here AR spread first to the weak forms of the perfect, leaving relic forms like the feminine participle ἀρᾰρυῖα , and then to the perfect paradigm more generally. The historical origin of AR was thus quite different from what might have been supposed from its descriptive profile in a synchronic grammar—a point to which a final discussion is devoted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22125884
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Indo-European Linguistics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173960182
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/22125892-bja10029