The Form of DO Employed to Form the Weak Preterit

In all of the various sub-cases that comprise the case of what PIE tense of DO was employed to form the weak preterit, perfect origin falls somewhere in the range of “almost certain” to “quite possible”. By contrast, non-perfect origin is in most cases de- pendent on propositions that are either ad...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a848c8cf2adf4b58ad6886c81a6d04442021-11-09T10:32:52ZThe Form of DO Employed to Form the Weak Preterit10.7311/0860-5734.30.2.010860-5734https://doaj.org/article/a848c8cf2adf4b58ad6886c81a6d04442021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doaj.org/toc/0860-5734In all of the various sub-cases that comprise the case of what PIE tense of DO was employed to form the weak preterit, perfect origin falls somewhere in the range of “almost certain” to “quite possible”. By contrast, non-perfect origin is in most cases de- pendent on propositions that are either ad hoc or otherwise problematic. In the only case that at first appears to strongly favor non-perfect origin, 2SG /-dɛɛs/ can be seen as orig- inating by “opportunistic re-interpretation” of /-dɛd-t/ > /-dɛss/ as /-dɛɛs/, with 2SG /-s/. Obscure phonological changes of the traditional kind permit the 1SG, 3SG, and 3PL to be seen as having perfect origin. All forms can be seen as having perfect origin. David L. WhiteInstitute of English Studiesarticleweak preteritgermanicenglishdoEnglish languagePE1-3729English literaturePR1-9680ENAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies, Vol 30, Iss 2, Pp 5-32 (2021)
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David L. White
The Form of DO Employed to Form the Weak Preterit
description In all of the various sub-cases that comprise the case of what PIE tense of DO was employed to form the weak preterit, perfect origin falls somewhere in the range of “almost certain” to “quite possible”. By contrast, non-perfect origin is in most cases de- pendent on propositions that are either ad hoc or otherwise problematic. In the only case that at first appears to strongly favor non-perfect origin, 2SG /-dɛɛs/ can be seen as orig- inating by “opportunistic re-interpretation” of /-dɛd-t/ > /-dɛss/ as /-dɛɛs/, with 2SG /-s/. Obscure phonological changes of the traditional kind permit the 1SG, 3SG, and 3PL to be seen as having perfect origin. All forms can be seen as having perfect origin.
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