Talk:Elative (gradation)
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title (gradation)
editI'm not sure that the word "gradation" in the title of this article really conveys much specific meaning, but I'm not sure what to propose in place of it -- "(degree of comparison)" maybe? AnonMoos 17:34, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
- I think "gradation" is more accurate, since the entire point is that the elative does not always express a comparison. dab (ᛏ) 22:34, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, the term "gradation" is rather hopelessly vague in linguistics, with a multitude of possible meanings, so that it simply doesn't convey anything at all specific. AnonMoos
- ok, how about "Elative (Semitic)" then? After all, we need the dab only to differentiate from the Uralic case, and so far the article talks only about Semitic. I think Elative is also used in Latin etc., when comparatives are unrelated to a comparison. If (this is right and) we want to include this, the "(Semitic)" restricition may be too narrow though. dab (ᛏ) 10:51, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, the term "gradation" is rather hopelessly vague in linguistics, with a multitude of possible meanings, so that it simply doesn't convey anything at all specific. AnonMoos
My books disagree, do the modern greek language have an elative or is it an absolute superlative?Ptalatas 03:11, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Examples?
editI think it would be helpful if some examples of how this is translated into English were included. Caeruleancentaur (talk) 13:52, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
- Well, the general translation is the "-er"/"-est" or "more"/"most" forms of an adjective, but the exact nuances can sometimes be subtle and dependent on context... AnonMoos (talk) 01:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
link not really what was intended
editIn the classical Arabic language, color adjectives form a morphological category with inflectional patterns distinct from other adjectives (though partially similar to elatives). The current link is to something else. AnonMoos (talk) 09:35, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
"other" and "first" (last sentence)
editIn some languages the word for "other" is the same as the word for "second", while in some other languages (including English) the word first comes from an old superlative. The statement about the "meaning" is doubtful... AnonMoos (talk) 16:16, 23 August 2019 (UTC)