Strunk Klaus. Nasalpräsentien und Aoriste. Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie des Verbums im Indo-Iranischen und Griechischen

Heidelberg: Winter, 1967. — 143 S. — (Indogermanische Bibliothek. Dritte Reihe, Untersuchungen).A classic re-examination of the structure of those Greek and Indo-Iranian verbs which are characterized by a nasal element in the present stem, that is to say classes V, VII, and IX of descriptive Sanskrit grammar. If the nasal element in question is to have distinctive function this must be to oppose the present to the other tenses. Of these it is the aorist with which it has to contrast in particular since it has been noted that when a form is in isolation it is often impossible to decide whether it is a member of the present (which includes the imperfect) or the aorist system, whereas the perfect is always unambiguously characterized. While this fact that the opposition between present and aorist is maintained by different means in different verb classes has led Meillet and others to state that in Indo-European the various verbal stems were virtually independent of each other, Strunk has clearly recognized that it is not the opposition as such which is lacking but predictability in the morphological processes whereby it is achieved.Inhalt:
Einleitung.
Nasalpräsentien nach Art der ai. 9. Klasse.
Nasalpräsentien nach Art der ai. 5. Klasse.
Wurzelvariation und verbale Stammbildung.
Zusammenfassung.