Re: USAGE: Verbs and verb compounds

I like that!  Onbes the cat yonder board, lyen.  I'll have to steal that
for a language, some day.  I guess it could get a bit dicey with more than
one preposition: Offput the cat yonder board, onlyen.

Padraic.

On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Matthew Kehrt wrote:
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> > I once had a system where all perpositions were verbs:
> > (The cat) (is) (on the shelf.)
> > becomes:
> > (The cat) (is on) (the shelf).
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> > "To be on" was a verb in itself.  This system, however did not work ver=
y
> > well.
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> 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"
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