[Lingtyp] Indexes fossilizing

[Vladimir Panov]

Hello,

I might be mistaken but it seems that the inflectional present tense
paradigm of the Polish copula *być* is an example. It goes like this:

*jestem*
*jesteś*
*jest*
*jesteśmy*
*jesteście*
*są*

Except for the 3PL form, the rest of the forms are actually built on the
base of the common Slavic 3SG copula **jestь *with the endings derived from
clitic forms of the same copula. The 3SG form itself has remained unchanged
and is not morphologically analyzable any more in Polish.

Best,
Vladimir Panov
Vilnius University

*I condemn my native country's aggression in Ukraine*

чт, 30 нояб. 2023 г. в 13:29, Juergen Bohnemeyer <jb77 at buffalo.edu>:

> Dear all – I’m passing along the following query from one of my advisees,
> Jose Antonio Jodar Sánchez:
>
>
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> “I have been looking for references which talk about pronominal affixes on
> verbs which have become fossilized and are now part of the verb root. I
> checked Anna Siewierska’s book on person but I could not find anything. Do
> you know of any?”
>
>
>
> Presumably, what Jose Antonio’s is looking for is above all citable
> treatments. However, if the phenomenon hasn’t been dealt with exhaustively
> (which it may not), I’m sure examples will be helpful as well.
>
>
>
> Thanks! – Juergen
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>
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