Re: Noun to Verb

    (Sorry; I meant to send this much earlier, but I got caught up in
switching to Mac OS X.)

In a message dated 12/2/01 1:02:31 AM, steven@OLYWA.NET writes:

<< Anybody got any additional ideas for "basic" derivation of verbs from

nouns? >>

    I don't know if these would be dealt with the same way, but you don't
seem to have what I call "instance of action" nouns listed.  This would be
like a speech, a job, a walk, a call, a jump, etc.  An idea for a basic
derivation (that is, if it has to come from the noun, and not vice-versa--in
Megdevi these particular nouns come from verbs) would be:

Noun: Instance of action, e.g. a jump, a speech, a debate, a change of heart

Verb: To do such an action, e.g. to jump, to speak/give a speech, to debate,
to have a change of heart

-David

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