Re: [tied] xodit'

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 10813
Date: 2001-10-31

Mmm... What about *nesti, *le^zti, *plyti, *vesti (*vez-), *vesti (*ved-), etc. vs. *nositi, *laziti, *plavati, *voziti, *voditi? Is there anything "sessive" about the latter series? The difference is between one continuous action and iterative movement ("around", "up and down", "to and fro"). How does one sit to and fro?
 
Piotr
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Sergejus Tarasovas
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] xodit'

--- In cybalist@......, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@......> wrote:

> As opposed to <idti>, which suggests linear movement at a definite
moment, <xodit'> implies movements at indefinite moments and in
changing directions.

Absolutely agree on that semantics. I would add, this unrelevance of
time and place points to a stative (I mean denoting a state as such,
not as a result of a certain action). Or rather 'sessive' :)

Sergei