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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=444505915-06032008>I have
a feeling you may be lost, but I think I can help you. - In these cases
have+feeling and think show conjecture/possibility/request for confirmation from
other</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=444505915-06032008>. Perhaps the woman in Japan, who was not a native
speaker of English, meant 'have a feeling' rather than
'feel'.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=444505915-06032008>Cheryl</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>dick_watson@sil.org<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 06, 2008 5:54
AM<BR><B>To:</B> lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Lexicog] Deductions - mind or emotions<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=3>Dear John,<BR><BR>> My colleague said "I feel you do
not know the way to the faculty <BR>> building." In my mind (not my
heart) I flagged this up as a <BR>> collocational clash of "feel" with
"know". As a native English speaker I <BR>> would never use "feel" in
this context, I would use "think" or "believe" <BR>> to express my
deduction. But then I thought, maybe for other native <BR>> speakers of
English it would be OK to say "I feel you do not know the <BR>> way to
the faculty building." Maybe it is a male/female thing. The <BR>>
Korean colleague who said this is female. Or another possibility is that
<BR>> it is a politeness thing. Maybe the person who said this is
wanting to <BR>> weaken the judgement by using "feel" instead of
"think".<BR><BR>Speaking from complete ignorance, the following idea came
to mind:<BR><BR>Does this sound wrong because there is a clash of opinion
strengths going on.<BR><BR>I *feel=weak* you *do not=strong* know the way
to the faculty building<BR><BR>if we weaken the second:<BR><BR>I feel you
may not know where the way to the faculty building<BR><BR>then that's OK
as would strengthening the first<BR><BR>I know you do not know the way to
the faculty building<BR><BR>or strongest of all<BR><BR>You do not know the
way to the faculty building<BR><BR>Me thinks that this strong weak thing
may well crop up in 'management speak' or 'political speach' where people
try to give the impression of speaking forthrightly and strongly while
actually trying to speak weakly so they can't be held accountable. After
all strong + weak = weak.<BR><BR>Anyway, just a mad idea from a
non-linguist.<BR><BR>Yours,<BR>Martin</FONT>
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