Re: Dynamic vs. Stative Verbs

Do you mean in nouns, rather,  #1?  I think it's a promising  idea.  

Static                    Dynamic

standing water        rain, river, flood
snow on ground      falling snow, blizzard
log/seed                growing tree
air                         wind, breath
building                 habitation
earth                     mountain, earthquake
coal                      conflagration, hearthfire
saddle                   horse
girl                        woman
boy                       man
child                     adult
idea                      creation

But the problem of course, along with the verbs, is that there is seldom a binary
relationship, as you can see with the first example given. However, it would be
interesting to have a root word that represents the stative concept from which
dynamic concepts are derived, and maybe a grammar that would indicate a passive
or agentive difference between these categories. Or an ergative absolutive
difference. Or a range of cases. And perhaps stative/dynamic verbs that go
along with these to describe being vs. motion and direction, movement into or
out of, up or down; nascent vs. matured or achieved, etc.

Sally
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  Subject: Re: Dynamic vs. Stative Verbs


 Create a Dinamic/Static opposition for the vers is a good idea. But there is
something that could complete that kind of division.

  It would be possible to create the same opposition in the verbs

  Dinamic     Static

  rain              water
  horse          monture
  wind            air
  violence      anger
      (and maybe...)
  habitation  house
  text              letter
  wrinting      ink
  audition      ear

  Would it be a good idea?

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