Meaning of heterocliticon | Babel Free

Definitions

In Indo-European linguistics, a term which is heteroclitic, i.e. which has different stem forms depending on grammatical case.

Examples

“Overall, this solution is more straightforward and eliminates the unnecessary denominative verb derived directly from the heterocliticon, which was previously posited by scholars. Concerning the semantics of the verb[…]”

“An idea which he discusses, but ultimately does not accept, is that the heterogeneity is due to the word's having been an original r/n-heterocliticon (Darms 1978: 185; cf. more recently Kroonen 2013: 97). This might in fact explain the two Old Norse forms more easily, but fails to explain the apparent s-stem inflection in Old English and also forces us to keep[…]”

CEFR level