Nouns & Verbs

[Theresa B. Smith]

These are not noun/verb pairs, they are a list of verbs.  The "noun"
wish, thought, belief etc. is not expressed by using that sign.  Indeed
the entire sentence must be turned around.  To try to make the signs into
nouns is to make semantic errors.

theresa

Theresa B. Smith, Ph.D.
American Sign Language Interpreting School of Seattle (ASLIS)
e-mail:  theresasmith at juno.com

On Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:19:37 -0700 jmacfarl at unm.edu writes:
>I have some questions for the list regarding Noun/Verb pairs in ASL.
> (other signed language examples are welcome too)
>
>
>Much attention has been paid to the double/single movement
>alternation between N's and V's in ASL c.f. (Newport & Supalla).
>
>I have noticed that there are some Noun/Verb pairs that <bold>do
>not</bold>
>reflect this alternation<italic>, </italic>and show no difference in
>form
> between the
>noun and verb.  These might include pairs such as WISH/WISH,
>PLAN/PLAN, THINK/THOUGHT, BELIEVE/BELIEF, LIVE/LIFE etc.
>
>
>Are there any other NOUN/VERB pairs that don't have a difference
>in form?  If you would like to contribute more of these noun/verb
>pairs please e-mail them directly to me and I will summarize the
>results to the list.
>
>
>My e-mail is:  jmacfarl at unm.edu
>
>
>Thanks
>
>
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>*************************
>James MacFarlane
>University of New Mexico
>*************************
>

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