presidential nominative-objective

[Dennis R. Preston]

>larry,

Yup. I was only responding to the "lookin' for a whuppin'" cite. I
don't think it's got anything to do with "lookin' to." I'm still
pondering the difference between "fixin' to" and "lookin' to." I have
them both, and they are quite distinct, but my defnitional strategies
are weak today.

dInIs

>At 9:00 AM -0500 2/25/01, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>>>You've been X-in' for a Y-in' (achin' for a breakin', itchin' for a
>>>bitchin') has almost proverbial "frame" status in my dialect.
>>
>>dInIs
>
>I wonder if "cruisin for a bruisin" isn't the prime mover for these.
>But I don't see "lookin to X/get Xed" as being part of this
>pattern--for one thing, X might be a positive outcome.
>
>larry
>
>>
>>>True, but how about, "You been lookin' for a whuppin', and I'm fixin' to
>>>give you one"?
>>>
>>>bob
>>>
>>>>  From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>>>>  Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>>>  Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 16:48:59 +0800
>>>>  To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>>>  Subject: Re: presidential nominative-objective
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  How about in "You lookin to get whupped?"  Seems pretty immediate.
>>>>
>>>>  Larry
>>
>>--
>>Dennis R. Preston
>>Department of Linguistics and Languages
>>Michigan State University
>>East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
>>preston at pilot.msu.edu
>>Office: (517)353-0740
>>Fax: (517)432-2736

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Dennis R. Preston
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
preston at pilot.msu.edu
Office: (517)353-0740
Fax: (517)432-2736