Re: Degrees of adjectives

Muke Tever wrote:
>
> (given) X is adj          (positive)
>         X is adjer than Z (comparative)
>         X is adjest       (superlative)
>
> (say)   Z is not adj         (negative, most likely)
Not negative - I'd say

           Z is a little adj

This would give us:

     X is adjest
     X is adjer than Z
     X is very adj
     X is adj
     Z is a little adj
     Z is less adj than X
     Z is the least adj

I'm tempted to use the proposed terms "augmentative" and "diminutive"
for the "very" and "a little" forms, respectively.

Éylo,

René