Re: LONG: Latest Wenetaic Stuff

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 26/10/99 02:24:56  , Nik a =E9crit :

> > Basic root (conceptually) : C1 V1 C2 V2
>  > NS: The same
>  > NP: C1 V1 C1 C2 V2
> =20
>  I don't understand the stuff about roots.
> =20
neither do i. i like reduplication. i can see that these ones are quite
elaborated but trying hard to figure out i don't get what they mean :

>          NS   NP      VI      VC       LX
> Minimal  so   sosu    sorsu   sorosu   so(ru)
> Reduced  ame  arme    amre    amare    ame(r)
> Regular  taki tatki   takti   takati   taki
> Extended moru motru   mortu   morotu   moru(t)
>
> NS - Noun Singular
> NP - Noun Plural
> VI - Verb Instant (or complete)
> VC - Verb Continous
> LX - The way the root is presented in the lexicon.
>
so you derive a verb from a noun or reversely ?
but then how ? do you derive verbs from nouns of agent, patient,
instrument, process, result, etc ? or is it the reverse ?
for instance would you derive "to dig" from "digging", "shovel", "ditch",
"digger", etc ? and if you derive a noun from the verb "to dig", is that nou=
n
"ditch" or "digging" or "shovel" or else ?
arabic uses many different combinations and affixes to precise all that.
how does weneatic handle it ?

mathias