Re: lexicon

   -------Original Message-------
   > From: JS Bangs 
   > Subject: Re: lexicon
   > Sent: May 29 2003 13:56:14
   >
   >
   >  Garrett Jones sikyal:
   >
   >  How about the distinction between "sell" and "vend"? Or "sell" and
   >  "offer" (leaving aside the other uses of "offer")? "I'm selling the car
   >  for $2000" and "I'm offering the car for $2000" are strictly synonymous,
   >  but the second version implies greater willingness to bargain, and less of
   >  a fixed transaction than "sell".
   >
   >  This is the sort of nuance that synonyms bring. You're welcome to omit
   >  them if you'd like, but I consider it invaluable.

Each synonym in turn will probably be handled differently. In the end, any two
supposedly synonymous sentences in English would be rendered in Minyeva with
words that aren't strictly synonymous. I don't think the two sentences that you
gave are necessarily synonymous. I would probably render the first sentence in
Minyeva as something like "I am charging $2000 for the car", and the second as
"I am presenting/offering the car for $2000". The first is the setting of a
fixed price for something my a merchant, the second is presenting
something/offering something to someone in exchange for someone else, like
someone selling a car in a classified ad. It's more of a barter than a
purchase.

   >
   >  Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
   >  http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/
   >  http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/blog



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