[Sigia-l] Labeling: Nouns vs. Verbs

[John Fullerton]

> That's an interesting example, but what's interesting
> to me is exactly the fact that the verbs are much
> smaller than the attached nouns. That's because
> in general, nouns are more specific than verbs. For
> example, one of the lables on the Stanford site was
> "surf thru EXAMPLES." The word examples is clear
> enough to us, but the verb could have just as easily
> been "look at" or "browse" or any one of a number
> of other words.

A few online documents talk about computer applications
where nouns identify objects (or major components of the
application) and verbs identify methods (or component functions
or actions). So, going with the quote above, the specific noun
(application component) has numerous optional verbs (methods).

I don't mean that my comment is definitive, only trying to mention
the object noun--method verb idea related to the specific nature
of nouns.

Have a nice day
John Paul Fullerton
j-fullerton at tamu.edu