Timeline for Are 'Coincidental' and 'Deliberate' classifiers? [closed]
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Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ KillingTime jimm101 Greybeard user 66974 |
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| Dec 26, 2020 at 14:40 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | grading of even logically ungradable adjectives ('We're going more nuclear' ... shorthand for 'We're planning to use a greater proportion of nuclear energy'). '' That said, I'd opt for the 'classifying' classification here: chance ('coincidental' here) versus deliberate evil. I can't see how 'more deliberate' really works though ... perhaps diminished responsibility = 'less deliberate / culpable'. | |
| Dec 26, 2020 at 13:18 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | 'Deliberate' not gradable? It's got a 'more' in front of it here. // The subclassification of adjective usages I've found most logical/useful is (as discussed by Kullenberg) is classifier / identifier / descriptor. But note that an adjective isn't fixed in one subclass: 'The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a species of bear found across North America and Eurasia' [classifying] / "Look at those bears – the brown one is cute" [identifying] / 'A tiny brown baby bear appeared' [descriptive]. Your sentence needs more context to decide on usages here. Language broadens, allowing apparent ... | |
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| Dec 25, 2020 at 20:34 | history | edited | Tereza | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 25, 2020 at 19:56 | comment | added | Hot Licks | "Classifiers are not generally a feature of English or other European languages, although classifier-like constructions are found with certain nouns." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classifier_(linguistics) | |
| Dec 25, 2020 at 19:55 | history | edited | Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 25, 2020 at 19:10 | history | asked | Tereza | CC BY-SA 4.0 |