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Re: The only SIX or FIVE verbs you'll ever need

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 13, 2004, 7:17
David Peterson wrote:
> I do a hunt = I hunt > I do a sleep = I sleep > I am a thoughtful (one) = I think > I am a thoughtful (one) about birds = I think about birds > I not go off of the rock = I don't get off of the rock > I go walking to the hut = I walk to the hut
Tho, when you get situations like that, I really have to wonder if that's the best way to analyze it. Couldn't you instead analyze the phrases "do a hunt", "do a sleep", etc., as verbs, with what's being defined as "do", "be" and "go" being simply derivational morphemes producing verbs from nouns? I wonder if there aren't "nouns" that don't exist outside of the phrases with those 3 verbs? -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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