Re: Positive - Comparative - Superlative
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 13, 2001, 0:03 |
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En réponse à "Scott W. Hlad" <scott@...>:
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> Anyone?
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Well, I don't think it answers your question, but if you want to know about
another way to describe the continuum, I have designed one for Chasmäöcho, my
personal language. In Chasmäöcho, adjectives also have three degrees, but those
are much more different than the positive, comparative and superlative scale
usually used. The positive degree is the same, but the other two degrees are
intensive and absolute. The intensive degree means that the adjective's meaning
is intensified, and thus is equivalent to anything like very, more, most, too
much, etc... The absolute degree means that the degree of the adjective is
taken just at a scale (which is usually understated) and thus means between
enough, just as, as... as, and simply. The name itself of the language is the
absolute form of the adjective chasmeuth: good, meaning "the good enough one",
because Chasmäöcho is a personal language designed for no other reason than to
please me, that's to say to be good enough for me.
Christophe.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
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