Re: Degrees of adjectives

Hi!

Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@...> writes:
> >On an etymological level, the "opposite" of |comparative| would
> >be *|separative|--"compare" being literally to bring together [such
> >as for the purpose of comparison], and of |superlative|, *|sublative|,
> >but that's perhaps a little silly.
>
> I quite like "anticomparative" and "antisuperlative". For the record, I'd
> been using "diminutive" and "minimative" in my descriptions of
> Khangaþyagon, but I was wondering if a standard term existed. Surprisingly,
> the SIL glossary doesn't even have an entry for degree.
:I do like 'sublative'.  How about:

   superlative
   comparative major
   positive
   comparative minor
   sublative

You could also have a 'negative' of course.

**Henrik