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This book deals with one aspect of Greek and Proto-Indo-European nominal morphology, the formation, inflection and semantics of s-stem nouns and adjectives. It uncovers the mechanisms of their creation and shows their limitation. The established view that the nouns are an unproductive category is challenged; at the same time, the expanding and partly changing nature of the basis governing the creation of the adjectives is explained. Morphology and semantics are studied in tandem,and a large chronological span of the Greek language is covered. The historical side is then extended into prehistor

Greek language --- Proto-Indo-European language --- Grammar, Comparative --- Greek --- Word formation --- Noun --- Adjective --- Proto-Indo-European language. --- Greek. --- Word formation. --- Noun. --- Adjective. --- Proto-Aryan language --- Protoindoeuropean language --- Indo-European languages --- Classical languages --- Classical philology --- Greek philology --- Grammar, Comparative&delete& --- Proto-Indo-European. --- Greek language - Grammar, Comparative - Proto-Indo-European language --- Proto-Indo-European language - Grammar, Comparative - Greek --- Greek language - Word formation --- Proto-Indo-European language - Word formation --- Greek language - Noun --- Proto-Indo-European language - Noun --- Greek language - Adjective --- Proto-Indo-European language - Adjective