Re: PLUG: SpecGram Current Issue

Dirk wrote:
<<
The problem I have with
this approach is that the features which govern the selection of one
form over another really seem "grammatical", rather than "semantic"
(if you know what I mean). This is why I put them in the same
paradigm, even though there is no regular verbal marking that parallel
the system.
 >>

No, I know exactly what you mean.  One definitely doesn't imagine
the number of the subject/object as being the determining factor
between lexemes, usually.  I was wondering if, though, the data
argued for such an interpretation.  I was trying to think of a similar
example in another language, but all I could come up with is eat/feed
vs. dark/darken, and that doesn't quite work the same way.
(Causation certainly seems more semantic than number...)  Oh
well.  It is a fascinating system!

-David
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