Fwd: Re: "vertitive"
R. Rankin
rankin at ku.edu
Tue Aug 31 19:23:35 UTC 2004
Yes, "inchoative" is one of those terms I always had to look up again (usually
twice) whenever I encountered it in the literature. Another such term is
"aorist". "Irrealis" isn't much better, although it should be; it includes so
many different things in different languages. I think "vertitive" is pretty
deeply ensconced in Siouan linguistics now and would be hard to replace. :-)
Bob
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