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The Gothic Genitive Plural in -ē Revisited
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2008
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In this brief paper it is proposed that the problematic Gothic genitive plural suffix in -ē may derive from a grammaticalized deictic particle. Typological and specifically Indo-European evidence for the derivation of genitive markers from deictic particles is presented in support of this hypothesis.
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