Re: Re : Re: Re : Case, Innateness, Almost Allnoun, NGL.
| From: | Charles <catty@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, August 6, 1999, 3:28 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> > I think it is really best to derive everything from adjectives.
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> 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.