Re: Dealing with an idea deficit...

Trebor wrote:

<< I don't know how I'm going to get my hands on a Braille copy of
_Describing
Morphosyntax_, unfortunately, but maybe you guys could help?>>

I don't know if you're at or associated with a university, but I remember
when I
was at Berkeley and working for the DSP (Disabled Students Program), if
someone
who was visually impaired wanted a given text, no matter what it was, they
would
either come up with a Braille or spoken version of the book--free of charge.
 (Well,
except for the cost of the book, of course.)

<<But now I'm stuck... I'm looking for suggestions to "jazz it up", as Roger
said... What are some interesting categories I could include wrt verbs,
e.g.?>>

I don't know if you saw the reply I made to Roger's post, but what you should
look
at are the many different types of verbs and how different languages deal
with
each type.   An invaluable resource whose name I forget and which I'd love to
have
is a book that gives every type of verb in American English.   I think there
are something
like 150 different types of verbs that this author identifies, and she (I
know the author
is female) gives examples of each and how specifies how exactly they're
different.
That's what to do with verbs, in my opinion.

-David
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