LiVVaL Linguaggio e Variazione | Variation in Language

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Capitolo | The Variation of Evaluation

The Variation of Evaluation

Abstract

The essay discusses the phenomenon of evaluation and different dimensions of evaluative morphology in Modern Greek both from a descriptive and a theoretical perspective, focusing on intensification, deintensification, augmentation, and diminution. It is shown that adverbial preverbs in Modern Greek that have a degree function are used as evaluative morphemes and are categorized into the evaluative classes of boosters, maximizers, diminishers, and maximizing minimizers. The semantic analysis provided captures formally these categories. The study is of importance since it presents the variation of evaluation in Modern Greek.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 26 Luglio 2023 | Accettato: 16 Novembre 2023 | Pubblicato 18 Luglio 2024 | Lingua: en

Keywords Evaluative morphologyAffixesDeintensificationIntensificationAdverbial preverbsEvaluation


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