Re: Linguistic Predictions IV

Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim wrote:
>
> Bart Mathias wrote:
> > Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim wrote:
> > > Hi Helmut, folgendes:
> > >
> > > 1. You know the words: "verbal" and "verbose" are derived from the
> > > word verb. [...]
> >
> > I don't think so! Certainly not from "verb" in the English sense. It
> > would probably be more accurate to say that they derive from the root of
> > the word "verbum." It's like getting "wordy" out of "word."
> >
> > > 2. Verbs show movement and most of them are dynamic, time -dependent,
> > > This means there is change, emotions, ups and downs. Academic Language
> > > is neutral and static independent of time which is a very important
> > > feature.
> > >
> > > 3. Nouns are static, much quieter than verbs. In comaprison with verbs
> > > they are nearly lifeless. It is important for Academic Language to be
> > > straight forward, more objective.
> >
> > Again, I don't get you. "Poppy***" is a noun. "Err" is a verb. In
> > print, both are static, both are silent. In speech, the former is
> > slightly more dependent on time (takes longer to say) and certainly
> > noiser that the latter!
> >
> > Maybe you mean something else by "noun" and "verb" than labels telling
> > how words work syntactically, but you probably have to define your terms.
> >
> > Bart Mathias
>
> Mathias
> 1. Verb /verbal /verbose are all of the same, if you like, root. This
> is my emphasis here not etymological.

What do you suppose "same root" means, other than "etymological"?

> 2. I should have expanded a bit. Verbs are conjugated, show person and
> tense. Most of them are dynamic. There are only a small group of
> stative verbs which sometimes become dynamic in their meaning. You
> cannot use one after the other like nouns.

He typed, bloviated, erred, insulted, and self-destructed.

> 3. No wonder most verbs of high frequency belong to informal register

Do cite some _nouns_ of high frequency that belong to formal register.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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