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After yesterday's excitement about English being a Scandinavian language, back to the comparative calm of grammatical terminology! Many thanks to everyone who responded to my query about the term 'conative'. My summary of those responses augmented by a bit
more digging around on my part has grown into a short note, which I attach. Comments and corrections welcome.<br>
Best,<br>
Nigel<br>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px">Professor Nigel Vincent, FBA<br>
Professor Emeritus of General & Romance Linguistics<br>
The University of Manchester<br>
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<div>Vice-President for Research & HE Policy, The British Academy</div>
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<div>Linguistics & English Language<br>
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures<br>
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<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>The University of Manchester</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Manchester M13 9PL</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>UK</div>
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<div>http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/lel/staff/nigel-vincent/</div>
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