Comparative Concept: admodification (inf)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
admodification (inf)
| Typ | information packaging (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | admodification |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | admodification (inf) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
the information packaging function of qualifying a modifier, usually via semantically expressing degree or hedging of the property denoted by the modifier. Example: in very slow, the degree admodifier very intensifies the value of the speed dimension denoted by slow. (Section 2.2.2)