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GOTHIC ‐(u)h : A SYNCHRONIC AND COMPARATIVE STUDY 1
Author(s) -
Klein Jared S.,
Condon Nancy L.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
transactions of the philological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-968X
pISSN - 0079-1636
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-968x.1993.tb01064.x
Subject(s) - sanskrit , pronoun , linguistics , collocation (remote sensing) , philosophy , mathematics , literature , art , computer science , machine learning
This paper examines the entire range of constructions in which the Gothic particle ‐(u)h occurs, demonstrating that its primary employment is within anaphoric (coreferential and iterative) sequential structures as a discourse resumptive particle. As such, it is directly comparable to Homeric Greek aũ and Vedic Sanskrit u. This in turn substantiates Brugmann's derivation of ‐(u)h from *u k w e , a collocation that occurs elsewhere in Indo‐European as well. It also places in a new light the status of the Gothic sah/panuh pronoun, which represents a univerbation of Proto‐Indo‐European (PIE) * só/tó‐u k w e comparable to Vedic Sanskrit nonuniverbated sá u/tám u and Homeric Greek tòn (d') aũ , etc., with PIE *(a)w in its normal anaphoric/resumptive value.