Re: allnoun

Raymond A. Brown wrote:

> Not only that but, e.g. in {table:on} {on} looks like and acts like a
> postposition.  I know 'officially' it is a noun meaning
> "thing(s)-something-is-on" but as Gary Shannon said of his 'nouns' which
> some thought were verbs: "If it looks like a verb, and walks like a verb,
> and quacks like a verb ... YIKES! it's a verb!"
>
> I say that {on} looks like a postposition, and walks like a postposition,
> and quacks like a postposition....YIKES!..........
Would you believe it better if the gloss were "superpositee" rather
than "on"?  In Lojban, the verb "zvati" is glossed "at", but
really means "be at".

> I would say 'pronounceable morphemes' rather than 'pronounceable words',
> but that's probably just a matter of semantics.
"Word" has no cross-linguistic definition anyhow.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)