http://ideophone.org/confuse-two-aspects-i-am/ Sounding out ideas on African languages, vivid sensory words, and iconicity Sat, 12 May 2012 10:14:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ideophone.org/confuse-two-aspects-i-am/comment-page-1/#comment-769 Joanna Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:57:55 +0000 http://ideophone.org/?p=107#comment-769 Ugh, the imperative 'be buying' sounds absolutely atrocious to my ear (and to the ears of the two non-linguists I consulted when I read this). And while I see the apparent problem with the aspect mismatch, I can't think of a way to reword Buffet's statement that both 'fixes' this and retains the meaning. Maybe imperatives are underspecified for aspect? Ugh, the imperative ‘be buying’ sounds absolutely atrocious to my ear (and to the ears of the two non-linguists I consulted when I read this). And while I see the apparent problem with the aspect mismatch, I can’t think of a way to reword Buffet’s statement that both ‘fixes’ this and retains the meaning. Maybe imperatives are underspecified for aspect?

]]> http://ideophone.org/confuse-two-aspects-i-am/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Fritinancy Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:27:11 +0000 http://ideophone.org/?p=107#comment-734 Thanks for setting me straight on the real reasons the headline doesn't quite work! Thanks for setting me straight on the real reasons the headline doesn’t quite work!

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