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SLAVIC ACCENTUATION A Study in Relative Chronology Lisse / Netherlands The Peter de Ridder Press 1975 © Frederik Kortlandt 1974

Title, Dedication, Table of Contents [56 kB]

Introduction ix [233 kB]

Chapter 2. Slovene konj [368 kB]
2.1. Introduction 13
2.2. Ictus 13
2.3. Quantity 14
2.4. Timbre 17
2.5. Intonation 18

Chapter 3. The loss of the IE laryngeals [1.047 kB]
3.1. Introduction 20
3.2. IE lengthened grade 20
3.3. Baltic 24
3.4. Meillet’s law 27
3.5. The rise of the new timbre distinctions 29
3.6. The loss of the laryngeal feature 32
3.7. Slovincian 34

Chapter 4. The adjective [155 kB]
4.1. Introduction 38
4.2. Dolobko’s law 38
4.3. The comparative 40

Chapter 5. Case endings [629 kB]
5.1. Introduction 41
5.2. Nominative 41
5.3. Accusative 44
5.4. Genitive 46
5.5. Locative 48
5.6. Dative 50
5.7. Instrumental 51

Appendix A. Laryngealized vowels in Slavic roots 52 [911 kB]
Appendix B. Lengthened vowels in Slavic roots 72 [172 kB]
Appendix C. Shortening of pretonic long vowels in Italic and Celtic 76 [368 kB]
Appendix D. Shortening of pretonic long vowels in Germanic 83 [38 kB]
Appendix E. The origin of IE lengthened grade 84 [144 kB]

List of references 87 [148 kB]
Glossary 91 [216 kB]

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