Re: verbs = nouns?
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 8, 2001, 23:57 |
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Matthew Kehrt wrote:
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> Does anyone know of any lang, preferrably a natlang, in which the same
> words serve as nouns and as verbs? I know it can be done with
> adjectives and nouns, but are nouns and verbs equivalent in any
> system?
I know of no language that is unrestricted with that, but English does
it alot:
Water the garden
Vacuum the house
And vice versa
Take a walk
He needs a bath
IIRC, Mandarin's also pretty free.
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