atw: Re: SEC: UNCLASSIFIED Gerunds rule OK (WAS Re:

as in "we just got Jeffed"
or am I starting to Granatise !!!

Love it
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Bob Trussler




Hi MG,

The issue was on the use of, existence of, Gerunds.

If you looked up in your dictionary the word "FATHER" it would appear as a 
NOUN. It is in fact representing someone FATHERING, TO FATHER, and as such 
FATHER objectifies a process.  This dynamic of verb->noun is 
nominalisation and is a property of language in general, more so a 
property of your brain structure/dynamic in general where precision 
favours nominalisation.

It is this objectification, and so universalisation, that can upset things 
in that a person can be fathering, loving, parenting, policing etc etc but 
the objectification removes all of these 'doings' to make 'beings'. As 
such one does not consider one's Father as anything other than 'father' - 
where in some contexts it could be useful to 'denominalise' for the sake 
of communication issues etc. (IOW it could be easier to shift focus to 
talking to 'Chris' rather than to 'Dad' in certain contexts)

I can denominalise (?) and talk of the verb 'to Granet' which could 
represent, for example, your style of prose or expression (to Granetise?) 
- or 'to Lofting' which would cover giving someone a real hard time which 
they did not expect/anticipate! ;-)

Chris.

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