[B-Greek] Reduplication
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Dec 8 17:11:14 EST 2006
On Dec 8, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Elliot Poe wrote:
> Good question. If I recall correctly, DIDASKW does not have true
> reduplication. The DI- is found in all the tenses of this verb. Most
> present reduplication is in -MI verbs, but others are much more
> qualified than I am to comment on this issue (and I hope they will).
In the case of DIDASKW it is true that the DI- is reduplication but
true also that it has become part of the verb's stem (the root does
seem to be DOK/DAK and related to DEIK/DOIK and Latin "doceo").
Reduplication is primarily a feature of perfect stems where the vowel
-E- appears (DEDWKA, LELUKA, (S)ESTHKA, GEGONA KTL And there are
alternative forms of perfect reduplication, e.g. "Attic"
reduplication with syllabic replication: AKHKOA (AKOUW), OPWPA KTL.
and those instance where augment serves as reduplication.
BUT reduplication also appears in present-tense stems where the vowel
-I- appears (TIQHMI, DIDWMI, (S)ISTHMI
AND it appears in some aorist stems, e.g. HGAGON (AGW), HNEGKA (FERW,
root EGK/OGK)
No theory I've ever read of adequately explains a function for
reduplication; it seems to be simply one of many ways of forming verb
stems.
>
> Yours,
> Elliot Poe
>
>
> Marion Fox wrote:
>
>> I have a question about reduplication in Greek verbs. There are
>> two verbs
>> that I wish to consider.
>>
>> First, the verb DIDASKW has reduplication.
>>
>> Second, the verb DIDWMI has reduplication.
>>
>> My question is: "What is the significance of the reduplication in
>> these two
>> words and in general in other verbs?"
>>
>> Additonal question: "What is the significance of reduplication in
>> other
>> parts of speech?"
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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