Re: verbs = nouns?
| From: | Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 8, 2001, 23:53 |
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On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Matthew Kehrt wrote:
> 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?
> -M
> --
English. In the words of Calvin, "Verbing weirds language."
Chinese, to a larger extent.
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