tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 01 11:56:07 2000
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Re: Grammar Highlight Each Day ["descriptive verbs"]
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Grammar Highlight Each Day ["descriptive verbs"]
- Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 13:55:11 -0600
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
Voragh:
> You might want to mention that, in TKD and elsewhere, Okrand calls these
> verbs "qualities." Here on the list, some people call them "stative verbs"
peHruS:
: The first term I learned is stative verbs. I will probably keep referring
: to them as verbs which the dictionaries list as "be ........."
I only point out "quality" because that's Okrand's preferred term - I think he
avoids the "stative verb" which, as I mentioned, may mean something different
to academic linguists. Also, it shows up in Okrand's discussion of the
law'/puS pattern:
A Q law' B Q puS
where A and B are the things being compared and Q is any Quality.
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons