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Re: USAGE: Verbs and verb compounds

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Date:Wednesday, June 23, 1999, 6:51
Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 22/06/99 22:40:14  , Charles a =E9crit :

> > > Since I've passed the limit of my understanding about serial verb stuf=
f,
> >=20 > > you obviously worked a lot on the topic. > =20 > Whole minutes! Could spoil that by visiting a library, probably. > But the old books are useless and the new ones are expensive. > If I believed the bioprogram theory, there's no need; just do it. > =20
i believe that too. but then it takes me years to end up with awkward=20 theories that are barely mentionned in lingo books i can barely understand.=20 so i'm going to visit a library this summer. did you ever gather on a webpag= e=20 the list of all the lingo urls you mention in your posts ?
> > > I'll just assume two types are enough, and use it till it breaks. > >=20 > > do you mean one compound type and one independent type ? > =20 > Yes. Last year I had three: 1) plain verb, 2) adjectival-participial, > 3) adverbial-prepositional. Maybe now dispense with #2 or merge it > with #3, as in English ... that sounds like a very bad idea. Arrrg! > =20
neat. where are your pro-tools to tie plain verbs to their respective actors = ?
> > this made me decide to create a new creole-type of conlang based on wha=
t=20
> we > > discussed. i do that when i have time. > =20 > Well, I'm waiting.=20
do you know somewhere i could get a conlanging full-time job (preferably one=20 to design pseudo-linguistic theories) ? Let's see your serial theory in practice.
> No cheating by just copying Haitian. > =20
mi promis no go chit with kopi spik hawaii. ;-) mathias