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Verbs derived from noun cases

From:Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 21, 2004, 8:57
Suppose for each case of a noun, there is a verbal form, which turns CASE-X
into BE-CASE-X. For example BE-NOM-X = "to be X", BE-GEN-X = "belong to X".
How many cases would the noun need before verbs were no longer needed as a
separate part of speach?

Pete

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