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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies
"my tire flattened" (Using inchoative verbs)
Hi All.
Take a look at this if you will:
"And my tire flattened as I was riding it to work this morning. The leak was slow enough that I could limp to work by pumping it up along the way (not recommended procedure, but tolerable for very short distances.)"
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Do you, or have you ever, used the expression (my/the tire flattened)?
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It expresses an inchoative (bridging or transitional ) event. It focuses on the transition between "tyre is not flat" to "tyre is flat". But would you, have you ever, or do you, use it?
Other examples:
I liked him within a minute.
The weather changed.
The car rolled down the hill.
My situation changed this morning.
Stevie is ripping his script up. (causative-inchoative)
Take a look at this if you will:
"And my tire flattened as I was riding it to work this morning. The leak was slow enough that I could limp to work by pumping it up along the way (not recommended procedure, but tolerable for very short distances.)"
http://www.mememachinego.com/archives/000817.html
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Do you, or have you ever, used the expression (my/the tire flattened)?
...
It expresses an inchoative (bridging or transitional ) event. It focuses on the transition between "tyre is not flat" to "tyre is flat". But would you, have you ever, or do you, use it?
Other examples:
I liked him within a minute.
The weather changed.
The car rolled down the hill.
My situation changed this morning.
Stevie is ripping his script up. (causative-inchoative)
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Yes ~I'd use them all (except I don't ride a bike so I probably wouldn't have much chance to use the first one!)
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I think my tire flattened is a perfectly respectable usage, but I would more likely say my tire began loosing air.
Isn't Stevie is ripping his script up just the present progressive tense?
Isn't Stevie is ripping his script up just the present progressive tense?
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RvwI think my tire flattened is a perfectly respectable usage, but I would more likely say my tire began loosing air.That's losing air. ;-)
Isn't Stevie is ripping his script up just the present progressive tense?
Yes, "S
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There are many verbs which show the causative/inchoative 'alternations.'
[1] I flattened my tire. (causative)
[2] My tire flattened. (inchoative)
The verb 'rip' shows this causative/inchoative alternation, I think, but in the sentence
# Stevie is ripping his script up
it cannot be called as 'inchoative,' to my knowledge.
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[1] I flattened my tire. (causative)
[2] My tire flattened. (inchoative)
The verb 'rip' shows this causative/inchoative alternation, I think, but in the sentence
# Stevie is ripping his script up
it cannot be called as 'inchoative,' to my knowledge.
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