OK, I've sketched out in long hand a rather large post that has a fair bit of content, but probably a greater number of questions. There are two subjects that I address. The first is gathering in one place semantic principles for deriving nouns from verbs, verbs from nouns, adjectives from verbs, etc. I have lifted about fifteen such principles from Mastronarde, but depending on how I delimit the scope, the number of principles could double or triple.
The second subject is how to understand and master Liddell and Scott. What are the principles that govern its design. In the beginning, there was some root. It was added to and perhaps it split and it was added to some more. Liddell and Scott should contain that history. How do they think they are organizing it? And how does their organization match our vocabulary building principles?
But before I go to all of the trouble of putting the information on the computer, I just want to make sure that I am not reinventing the wheel. So does anybody know of any good treatments or discussions of these issues?
Thanks in advance and prepare for the deluge!