Re: question about the degrees of the adjective

On: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:29:50 +0200
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
=3d---------=3d---------=3d---------=3d---------=3d
> 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 =3d> GRAND=cdSSIMO.

> - 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.

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