Janet and William,

Would it not be better to think of words as just as nameless entities that
can be fitted into a range of function slots according to context?  Our
memories can make the requisite jumps even when the change is unprecedented
as long as the contextual clues are obvious.  William, plumberhood may take
precedence over lawnmowinghood in human life, but why should, say, 'noun' be
affixed to a word just because a majority of its uses are of the noun type?
Are we, like the dictionary, just to count by numbers?  Where is the
linguistic characterization in that?  Even words with so-called noun-endings
can be subverted (e.g. 'conversation piece').

Consider:


The stream ran through the wood.

The rays stream out in every colour.

The factory will be on stream next month.

Being a stream school, it won't present you with a range of abilities in one
class.

Stream the atoms came in:  packets they went out.

Our output is going to be stream reliable -- no hiccups!


Edmond


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