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#Verb raising (i.e. fronting) occurs more frequently. Transitive verbs also raise their argument after them. | #Verb raising (i.e. fronting) occurs more frequently. Transitive verbs also raise their argument after them. | ||
#: ''*kā́ssan paldháron niábhar diáusta lúmanai'' ‘(Truly!) I will seize the settlement (of my) nephew as a (living) god by the first light of day’ ( < *kh₂p-s-yé-oh₂-m pḷth₂róm népōts deywós-?ta? léwk-mn-ey) | #: ''*kā́ssan paldháron niábhar diáusta lúmanai'' ‘(Truly!) I will seize the settlement (of my) nephew as a (living) god by the first light of day’ ( < *kh₂p-s-yé-oh₂-m pḷth₂róm népōts deywós-?ta? léwk-mn-ey) | ||
#: ''* | #: ''*pā́rssat sān so'' ‘He '''is''' asking her’ vs. ''*so sān pā́rssat'' ‘he asks her’ | ||
#A general trend of reanalysing collective nouns as singular feminines intensifies. | |||
#:''*palla'' ‘several fortifications’ → ''*palla'' ‘city’ | |||
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
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