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Re: Degrees of adjectives

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Friday, February 4, 2005, 12:42
Quoting Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>:

> If, as Muke guesses, there are actually natlangs with 'degrees of > inferiority' which contrast with 'degrees of superiority' there much > surely be terms used in describing those langs. Do any of our professional > linguists know them?
Since I implemented such "degrees of inferiority" in Tairezazh years ago - I call them simply "negative comparative" and "negative superlative" - ANADEW unconditionally demands that such exist in some natlang. :) Andreas