[B-Greek] nouns and their final stem vowels

James Tauber jtauber at jtauber.com
Thu Sep 7 09:58:15 EDT 2006


The notion of a morpheme is so problematic that most morphologists  
(such as myself) eschew it.

But even if one accepts an analysis that includes morphemes, the stem  
vowel would not be considered a morpheme. To say that it indicates  
the second declension is to get things around the wrong way. The  
concept of "second declension" is just a means of grouping o-stem  
nouns. Note, furthermore, that the o doesn't say anything about  
gender. The o-stem nouns include many neuter and some feminine members.

James Tauber


On 07/09/2006, at 9:07 PM, Richard Barcellos wrote:

> Is the final stem vowel of logos, for instance, considered a  
> morpheme? Does
> the second omicron function as an indicator of the second declension,
> masculine noun? I think it does indicate that, but not so sure it is
> technically a morpheme.




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