Interesting: in semantics, for English at least, matters of
evaluation are always clines; so are matters of social relationships
(intimacy, formality, respectfulness, etc.)
Wonder: what sorts of meanings go by degree and which do not,
and why ... JAY.
JAY LEMKE.
City University of New York.
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