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The Oscan perfect in -tt-
- Abstract:
- Oscan secondary verbs form their perfect with a suffix -tt-, whose origin has been much debated. After a critical review of earlier suggestions, which have assumed either a reanalysis within a specific model paradigm or some periphrastic source, a new periphrastic theory is presented. According to this proposal, the perfect in -tt- is to be traced back to the past perfective variant of a progressive periphrasis involving a present participle + auxiliary stand (for be). Such a combination not only provides a phonologically satisfactory starting point for the attested Oscan forms, but it also enjoys typological support from comparable progressive periphrases both in the Sabellic (Osco-Umbrian) subgroup of Italic and in the closely related history of Latin/Romance.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1111/1467-968X.12065
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- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Journal:
- Transactions of the Philological Society More from this journal
- Volume:
- 114
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 75–94
- Publication date:
- 2015-06-16
- Acceptance date:
- 2015-03-24
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1467-968X
- ISSN:
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0079-1636
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English
- Pubs id:
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648004
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- Copyright holder:
- Andreas Willi
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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- © The author 2015. Transactions of the Philological Society © The Philological Society 2015.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12065
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