[B-Greek] PAS and Connecting Vowel
Delbert Flora
delbert.flora at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 20 18:38:38 EDT 2007
Thank you all for your most informative answers to my previous question. I
can see this is the right place to ask Greek questions.
I have two others for now, if I may.
A. On PAS, he says "unlike other adjectives, PAS usually is in the predicate
position when modifying a noun." Is there a reason for this?
B. On the Connecting Vowel (also called a Thematic Vowel), he informs his
readers that their purpose is to help with pronunciation; it is easier to
pronounce LEGOMEN than LEGMEN.
But in glancing ahead, I noticed that the difference between LUOMEN
(Indicative) and LUWMEN (Subjunctive) seems to be this Connecting Vowel. It
gives the impression that this Connecting Vowel is doing more work than just
phonology. Does the Connecting Vowel also, at least on occasion, determine
the Mood?
Kindly,
Delbert Flora
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