Re: USAGE: Verbs and verb compounds

In message <376C6AD9.DF584C90@...>, Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
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>Matthew Kehrt wrote:
>> I once had a system where all perpositions were verbs:
>> (The cat) (is) (on the shelf.)
>> becomes:
>> (The cat) (is on) (the shelf).
>>
>> "To be on" was a verb in itself.  This system, however did not work very
>> well.
>
>Because of cases like "lie on" and the like?  Those could be handled by
>serial verbs or similar constructions, no?  Say, "The cat is lying on
>the shelf" would be "The cat is-on the shelf, lying"
Elet Anta has verbs like these, which are tacked onto the end of nouns:

   The-cat shelf-is-on

But these can be made adverbial, like any verb, so it's:

   The-cat shelf-is-on-ly is-lying

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