loss of intervocalic sigma
James Tauber
jtauber at jtauber.com
Thu Aug 29 14:48:01 EDT 2002
I'm trying to work out why the loss of an intervocalic sigma sometimes
does not occur.
Looking at how nominative singular forms of nouns derive from their
underlying stems, one encounters one case where sigma is dropped
between epsilon and omicron (QEOS) and six cases where is it *not*
dropped between epsilon and omicron (ESOPTRON, EFESOS and the MESOS-
compounds).
Does sigma not drop in those cases because:
1. they are more than two syllables?
2. with the exception of EFESOS, they are compounds?
3. there is some other process preventing the loss of sigma?
4. they are merely exceptions to the rule that have to individually be
noted?
James
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James Tauber
jtauber at jtauber.com
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