140,355
edits
Roshterian/Proto-Roshterian: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
→Verbs
m (→Verbs) |
m (→Verbs) |
||
| Line 156: | Line 156: | ||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Verbs have absolute and conjunct stems, much like in Old Irish. With a preverb or an ''incorporandum'' (incorporated noun stem), the conjunct form is used. | Verbs have absolute and conjunct stems, much like in Old Irish. With a preverb or an ''incorporandum'' (incorporated noun stem), the conjunct form is used. | ||
Old Irish-style absolute-conjunct: How is it realized? | Old Irish-style absolute-conjunct: How is it realized? | ||
| Line 176: | Line 176: | ||
| '''secondary''' || unstressed || unstressed|| '''primary''' || unstressed | | '''secondary''' || unstressed || unstressed|| '''primary''' || unstressed | ||
|} | |} | ||
[This implies that noun incorporation started in Pre-Roshterian.] | |||
Handwave: This creates a succession of unstressed syllables in the conjunct form which gets smooshed together in Old Roshterian | Handwave: This creates a succession of unstressed syllables in the conjunct form which gets smooshed together in Old Roshterian | ||