So, turning a verb into a noun is the reverse? - a deintensivication? :-)
Me, I'm still looking for more linguistic intensity!
AndrewF
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ONCE I lived in UPPER Case, My life intensely PHALLIC.
But now I'm sadly lower, With occasional italic.
(Roger McGough)
>>From a linguistic standpoint, when a foreign word comes into english, it
>usually is as a noun. When that noun becomes a verb then it truly becomes
>part of our language. I read an article on this long ago as a linguistics
>major in college (so it must be true, right). The idea was that the verb is
>a more intense form of linguistic existence than a noun, in other words,
>once speakers use a word as a verb, it has worked its way deeper into our
>mental/neurological/linguistic pathways.
> 2c (still looking for the cent symbol).
>
>Happy OMing,
>
>Eric
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>>that nasty habit of turning every second verb into a noun
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>>> And remember, there ain't a noun that can't be verbed!
>>
>>Ergh! is right. When's the last time you went to an "exhibition" (noun) as
>>opposed to an "exhibit" (verb)? I'm convinced that everyone goes to
>>"exhibits" nowadays. I'm a Christian, but I refuse to "disciple" anyone!
>>The list is endless; we're losing this battle, arent't we?
>>JP
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