Re: THEORY nouns and cases (was: Verbs derived from noun cases)

I agree with "to dog" or "desum", and many more (in
French we haven't a verb "to dog" (chienner ?), but we
have "singer" (to imitate mockingly, like a monkey). I
said that nearly anything could become a verb, but my
question was: zachem ? as the Russians say, "what for
?" In order to hide under the carpet the fact there
are such concepts as entities, properties, relations,
temporary states, etc ? Why should we pretend that
entities (choses-en-soi) are similar to action verbs,
for ex ? What is the goal, except making it a pleasant
game ? ("having fun" ?)



--- Adam Walker <carrajena@...> wrote:
> --- Racsko Tamas <tracsko@...> wrote:
> > On 26 Apr 2004 Philippe Caquant
> > <herodote92@...> wrote:
> >
> > > Thus, we could have an English verb like "to
> > > dog", for ex: I dog, he dogs, I dogged, I have
> > dogged,
> > > etc., meaning I am a dog, he is a dog, I was a
> > dog, I
> > > have been a dog (is this really useful ?)
>
> <snip>
>
> > > - to be in another place (spatial concept: Rex
> > absents ?)
> >
> >   I remember a Latin verb _desum_...
>
> Phillipe, I haven't followed this thread, so someone
> else may have pointed this out already, but "to dog"
> and "to absent" ARE verbs in English.  To dog
> someone
> is to  follow closely and persistently, persue,
> track
> (i.e. to mimick one of the dog's particular skills).
> To absent is very formal, but used -- He absented
> himself from the boardroom while they discussed
> renegotiating his contract.
>
> Adam

=====
Philippe Caquant

"High thoughts must have high language." (Aristophanes, Frogs)


	
		
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