Gustavo Eulalio wrote:
>
> On: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:29:50 +0200
> Christophe Grandsire wrote:
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> > I realise now that I was even less clear than I thought. Just to give a
> > quick idea of the original meanings of the "intensive" and the
> > "absolutive", here is an example:
> >
> > - positive: big
> > - intensive: huge
> ^^^^
> I think this is called the "absolute superlative". Portuguese
> (and I believe, other romance langs too) has it: GRANDE => GRANDMSSIMO.
>
Yes, it's true. It's also the meaning given by the adverb "very" added
to the adjective. The difference with my intensive is that it carries
also the comparative and relative superlative meaning as consequences
of this meaning.
> > - absolutive: big (not huge, but not small either)
>
> I understand. Like there's BIGGEST (MOST BIG) and LEAST BIG,
> you'd like a middle term, JUST BIG. Kind of.
>
A superlative of EQUALITY? That would be great! I know that Didier
Willis (another French conlanger that is currently not on the list) is
struggling with something like this.
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