Dissertation.
Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate.
School of the Ohio State University.
The Ohio State University.
2005.
The goal in undertaking a linguistic investigation is to discover generalizations that
can neatly account for the distribution of data. The case of allomorphy between -au and -? in
duals and i-stem locatives in the Rigveda poses a serious challenge to this goal, due to the
multi-faceted nature of the principles goveing the -?/-au variation.
Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate.
School of the Ohio State University.
The Ohio State University.
2005.
The goal in undertaking a linguistic investigation is to discover generalizations that
can neatly account for the distribution of data. The case of allomorphy between -au and -? in
duals and i-stem locatives in the Rigveda poses a serious challenge to this goal, due to the
multi-faceted nature of the principles goveing the -?/-au variation.