From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 02 2001 - 09:39:31 EST
Perhaps this is obvious, but I want the analogy stated clearly:
At 8:40 AM -0500 11/2/01, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
> So far as I can tell, the -QH- morphology
>emerged originally as an extended form of the morphology of mostly
>intransitive (or "quasi-passive) non-thematic ("third") aorists such as
>EBHN, ESTHN, EFANHN, etc. which may readily function as aorist counterparts
>for middle-passives in -MAI/SAI/TAI in opposition to CAUSATIVE aorist
>actives in -SA (cf. hISTHMI/ESTHSA:hISTAMAI/ESTHN;
>FAINW/FAINOMAI:EFHNA/EFANHN.
This should read: "So far as I can tell, the -QH- morphology emerged
originally as an extended form of the morphology of mostly intransitive (or
"quasi-passive") non-thematic ("third") aorist such as EBHN, ESTHN, EFANHN,
etc., which may readily function as aorist counterparts for middle-passives
in -MAI/SAI/TAI in opposition to CAUSATIVE aorist actives in -SA
(cf. hISTHMI/ESTHSA = hISTAMAI/ESTHN; FAINW/EFHNA = FAINOMAI/EFANHN). Note
that EFANH may mean either "appeared" or "was made evident"; i.e. it may be
intransitive in the sense "became manifest" or semantically passive in the
sense "was made manifest."
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