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The way I deal with what Peter is talking about is to say that some
words belong to more than one class. You can tell from context which
class is in question in a particular sentence. THis may be an
oversimplification, but I am dealing with beginners even at the
college level.
I also appeal somewhat to prototype theory, and discuss the fact that
some words are on their way into a category as a historical change,
but aren't all the way there yet. Some students are comfortable with
"together" as both adverb and adjective; some less so. Many older
people don't accept "party" as a verb.
Dr. Johanna Rubba, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Linguistics
Linguistics Minor Advisor
English Dept.
Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Ofc. tel. : 805-756-2184
Dept. tel.: 805-756-2596
Dept. fax: 805-756-6374
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba
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