tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post8216860769975221582..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Etruscans, the status quo and the unpopularity of bold questioningGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-83922260251342468362007-12-19T17:33:00.000-06:002007-12-19T17:33:00.000-06:00Oh, and to answer your question concerning active ...Oh, and to answer your question concerning active versus passive participles, these participles in <B>-θ</B> and <B>-u</B> are all passive in my view. If however one wanted to say "X-ing" as in "going", "walking", "dancing", "being", etc. I now think that the corresponding Etruscan verb form would be the bare verb stem itself without termination in tensal endings <B>-e</B> and <B>-a</B>.Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-83440849978239502982007-12-19T17:29:00.000-06:002007-12-19T17:29:00.000-06:00I'm looking into it for myself because there are n...I'm looking into it for myself because there are numerous ideas floating around about the function of Etruscan suffixes but none of the them apply consistently in inscriptions. It's the wild, wild, west of linguistics. <A HREF="http://books.google.ca/books?id=VWGN6e5Rzf8C&pg=PA103&dq=bonfante+imperative&sig=oAxQXtEO7n1DDeuRoQeAS2pXe5M" REL="nofollow">Giuliano and Larissa Bonfante have published Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-22228885290261873752007-12-19T14:24:00.000-06:002007-12-19T14:24:00.000-06:00Hey Glen!So far you've commented on two participia...Hey Glen!<BR/><BR/>So far you've commented on two participial endings in Etruscan, <B>-ax</B> and <B>-ath</B>. Do you have any ideas on what they convey? For example, is one active and the other passive? I'd like to hear more of your thoughts on this.<BR/><BR/>- RobRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04877359715103710249noreply@blogger.com