Compromiser - a notional paradigm
On the basis of an investigation of the lexical forms quite, rather, fairly, and pretty in contemporary spoken British English, I postulate that these lexical items form a notional paradigm of compromiser within the category of degree modifiers. Compromisers are cognitive synonyms that occupy the mi...
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Aarhus University
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Hermes |
| Online Access: | https://tidsskrift.dk/her/article/view/25081 |