The Quantity of Final -u in the nominative-accusative Singular of Latin u-stem Neuter Nouns
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10885915 |
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| Authors | Levente László (H-3530 Miskolc, Avasalja u. 32., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1-4 |
| Pages | 133-140 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-5975 • E-ISSN: 1588-2543 |
| Publisher | Akademiai Kiado Zrt. (PUBLISHER • HU) |
| DOI | 10.1556/aant.42.2002.1-4.11 |
| OpenAlex | W2113058300 |
| Language | EN |
The opinion of traditional grammars and the hypothetical derived PIE form is inconsistent as concerns the quantity of the sing. nominative-accusative ending of Latin u-stem neuters. Since the received scholarly opinion holds that the quantity cannot be determinated from the available sources, certain scholars have stated that the ending is a short -u. A comprehensive re-examination of the ancient grammatical opinion and the relevant metrical texts demonstrates that on the basis of two passages, namely Aen. XI 859 and nux 106, the truth of the traditional view, i.e., that the sing. nom.-acc. of u-stem neuters is long, can be confirmed
Linguistics · Nominative case · Noun · Verb · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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