Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Barry" <nebarry AT verizon.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr>
To: "Barry" <nebarry AT verizon.net>; <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Blau's explanation for how ultimate stress became
inHebrew


> > In Latin, the stress accent is alway remains on the first syllable of the 
> > word.
> ****
> "is alway remains"
> Glurps.
> Please confirm.
> I have not been taught that language at school.

Glurps?  :)  Yippurs, always remains.  Check any standard Latin grammar
under stress accent.

> Erh
>
> The original issue is about short vowels becoming long when pre-tonic!?
>
> This word does not address this issue at all.

I was responding to this statement:

> I find it hard to believe that an unaccented vowel could be lenghthened !?

> This is unheard of.

I took this to mean that long vowels could not stand in unstressed
syllables.  You apparently were talking about "pretonic vowels" becoming
long, as part of a linguistic process?

However, lookee what I found:

http://www.jstor.org/pss/1517715

http://www.jstor.org/pss/542171

I can assume you're familiar with these articles?

N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Classics and Bible Instructor, TAA
http://www.theamericanacademy.net
(2010 Savatori Excellence in Education Winner)
Mentor, TNARS
http://www.tnars.net

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