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Corrigendum, was Re: Adjective verb compounding

From:Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...>
Date:Thursday, June 12, 2003, 11:12
Oops!  Big mistake.  What I should've said was, the stative operating as a
verb takes a noun with the subject prefix, whereas the stative operating as
an adjective, takes no such thing.

My error - sorry about that - late night wires crossing, or something stupid
like that.  I should've checked beforehand.

Wesley Parish

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:38, you wrote:
> In li' anyerra-tarah the only difference between a stative operating as a > verb and a stative operating as an adjective, is that the adjective doesn't > take the subject prefix. > > nawan a praleyo - Praleyo is dead/has died > lu en rakhe li' buity nawan - oh might I eat the dead fish! > > Wesley Parish > > On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 05:13, you wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 04:58:12PM +0100, Peter Bleackley wrote: > > > Does anyone else have a language that uses adjective-verb compounding? > > > In Khangaþyagon, when an adjective is used as a predicate, it compounds > > > with the verb. > > > > Well, in Okaikiar, adjectives *are* verbs, and occur most naturally > > as predicates: "Zudal kademem."/"The man is wicked.". To use one > > attributively you put it in the attributive "mood", thereby avoiding > > wordy relative clauses such as "man who is wicked"/"zudal zian > > kademem"; you can just say "wicked man"/"zudal kademom". Of course, > > Klingon just lets stative verbs follow nouns and thereby function > > as adjectives without any extra grammatical marking whatsoever, > > but that's typical of Klingon. > > > > I'm curious, though; what natlangs have verbal adjectives? You mentioned > > adjective tenses in Japanese? > > > > -Mark > > -- > Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" > You ask, "What is the most important thing?" > Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." > I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
-- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."