Open AccessThe indo-european third person plural verbal suffix
Author(s) -
Kenneth Shields
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
linguistica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.134
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2350-420X
pISSN - 0024-3922
DOI - 10.4312/linguistica.21.1.105-118
Subject(s) - suffix , plural , deixis , linguistics , third person , element (criminal law) , psychology , history , philosophy , political science , law
In this paper it is suggested that the original form of the Indo European third person plural verbal suffix was *-(e/o)N and that the nasal element which appears in this suffix was or ginally a deictic particle with 'there and then' signification.