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Re: Re : Re: Re : Case, Innateness, Almost Allnoun, NGL.

From:Charles <catty@...>
Date:Friday, August 6, 1999, 3:28
Nik Taylor wrote:

> > I think it is really best to derive everything from adjectives. > > Why so? I personally prefer to use verbs as roots. And I definitely > see adjectives as derived. I can't see them as basic in most cases.
I was half-joking. There aren't enough verbs to derive all nouns, and most nouns have no obvious verb derivation, but adjectives get nearly everything, being inherently state-like or genitive-like. Particularly when using the English version of WordNet, adjectives are more tractable.