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> From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On
> Behalf Of caeruleancentaur
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 6:00 AM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: Degrees of adjectives
>
>
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Scotto Hlad <scotto@A...> wrote:
>
> >I love the word "diminutive" but I hadn't been able to come up with
> >a word similar to minimative. That being said, when I
> >see "diminutive" I want to see an analogous term "augmentative"
> >rather than comparative. This makes me then want to see "maximative"
> >in the analogous position to "minimative"
>
> >Perhaps we could then think of the degree "comparative"
> >as "diminutive" and "augmentative" and the degree "superlative"
> >as "maximative" and "minimative" (or should it be "maxitive"
> and "minitive")
>
> However, the words "diminutive" and "augmentative" are already in use
> in morphology for another purpose. Granted diminutive and
> augmentative suffixes are not used on adjectives in English (at least
> I can't think of any--whoops, darling comes to mind), but that may
> not be the case in other languages.
>
> Charlie
>
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