[Ads-l] Facebook: "to cop-kill"

[Wilson Gray]

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"Facebook: "cop-killed"



On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
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> Subject:      Re: Facebook: "to cop-kill"
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> > On Feb 20, 2016, at 9:32 AM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net> =
> wrote:
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> > Interesting. =46rom the subject-line, I'd've thought "cop-kill" would =
> mean "kill a cop." I think the analysis here should be (cop (kill ed)) =
> rather than ((cop kill) ed). In other words, I don't think we have a =
> two-part backformed verb here yet, and if we did, it would mean "kill a =
> cop."
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> > Neal
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> Agreed.  It's more like "That shirt can be machine-washed", where the =
> incorporated noun is an instrument or "That building is owner-occupied" =
> or "Those pickles were hipster-curated" where it's an agent.  Even =
> though in principle "to cop-kill" (or nominalized as in "Cop-killing is =
> frowned on") would normally be interpreted as incorporating a =
> patient/object, in the context below, where the patient is specified =
> and/or passive voice is used, the agentive interpretation isn't =
> impossible.  "To machine-wash" or "machine washing" can be interpreted =
> either way (vs. "to car-wash"), but "(that shirt) being machine-washed" =
> is unambiguous. =20
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> LH
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> >> On Feb 20, 2016, at 12:46 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> >> Subject:      Facebook: "to cop-kill"
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> >> "... the chances of some young innocent _being cop killed_ are a lot =
> lower."
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> >> -Wilson
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> to
> >> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> >> -Mark Twain
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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