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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

"is verbing"

Can someone explain to me in layman's terms what "is verbing" means. This is a term used primarily by speech therapists.
  

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To non-grammarians, a verb is just a word. "Verbiage" is choice of words or wordiness. "To verb" would be to form words.

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  • To non-grammarians, a verb is just a word.
  • "Verbiage" is choice of words or wordiness.
  • "To verb" would be to form words.
  • Just guessing, I'd think that to a speech therapist, it would mean forming and repeating complex sounds (not necessarily recognized words), as opposed to random mumbling.
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To non-grammarians, a verb is just a word. "Verbiage" is choice of words or wordiness.
"To verb" would be to form words.
Just guessing, I'd think that to a speech therapist, it would mean forming and repeating complex sounds (not necessarily recognized words), as opposed to random mumbling.
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Wikipedia defines "verbing" as the creation of verbs from other parts of speech. (An example would be the creation of the verb form "verbing" from the noun "verb.") The context seems to be linguistics. I don't know if it means something different to speech therapists or not.

http://en.wi
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Most of the references I find are in connection with a brain lesion malfunction which renders the subject unable to use language. It's called "aphasia."
http://www.answers.com/topic/aphasia


"Verbing" is a function which is lost. Therapy can lead to a gradual recovery in some cases.

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"Is-verbing" is the act of using "present participle" verbs (e.g., "The boy IS CRYING," We ARE GOING," or "I AM LAUGHING."). We do this by taking the "to be" verb and adding another verb after it (by adding -ing to the ending). This way, we make the action to take place in the immediate present time.
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