Enclitic forms of EIMI as emphatic?
Rodney J. Decker
rdecker at bbc.edu
Fri Feb 11 13:55:03 EST 2000
Carl, You never cease to amaze me! I appreciate the detailed answer to a
technical question--and that in such short order. It clarifies a lot. Thanks.
The statement in MH (203) is as follows--it sounds very much like Smyth's
that you cited:
")/ESTI retains its accent at the beginning of a sentence, and when it =
~exists~ or ~is possible~; also after OUK, MH, EI, hWS, KAI, ALLA, TOUTO.
Only )~EI, among the present forms, is never enclitic."
I won't cite Robertson--as usual, he's far too wordy to be worth typing out
in an email!
Rod
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