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Re: USAGE: Verbs and verb compounds

From:Charles <catty@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 22, 1999, 21:31
From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html wrote:
>=20 > Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 22/06/99 20:58:41 , Charles a =E9crit :
> > Since I've passed the limit of my understanding about serial verb stu=
ff,
>=20 > you obviously worked a lot on the topic.
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.
> > 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 ?
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!
> this made me decide to create a new creole-type of conlang based on wha=
t we
> discussed. i do that when i have time.
Well, I'm waiting. Let's see your serial theory in practice. No cheating by just copying Haitian.