[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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