A New Type of Reference Work

Authors

A. Ross Eckler

Abstract

Henry Burger's The Wordtree, a 28-year labor of love privately published in August 1984 at 7306 Brittany, Merriam KS 66203 and available from him for $149, is a reference book based on a novel idea: that one can express any transitive verb as the sum of exactly two other transitive verbs, as RAP = HIT + INTERRUPT, or VIBRATE = HANG + WAG. The core of his book consists of a 130-page Hierarchy, in which 24,600 transitives are listed and related to each other according to equations of this nature.

Recommended Citation

Eckler, A. Ross (1984) "A New Type of Reference Work," Word Ways: Vol. 17 : Iss. 4 , Article 12.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol17/iss4/12