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Linglib.Fragments.English.Modifiers.Adjectives

A lexical entry for an adjective modifier.

Includes morphological forms (comparative, superlative) and semantic properties (scale type, antonym relation).

  • form : String

    Positive form

  • formComp : Option String

    Comparative form

  • formSuper : Option String

    Superlative form

  • Scale boundedness (from @cite{kennedy-2007})

  • dimension : Features.Dimension

    What dimension is being measured?

  • antonymForm : Option String

    Antonym form (if any)

  • antonymRelation : Option Features.NegationType

    Antonym relation: contrary (gap) vs contradictory (no gap)

  • isLowerEndpoint : Bool

    Does this adjective select the lower endpoint of its scale? E.g., "short" selects the low end of height, "empty" selects the low end of fullness. This is scale-endpoint polarity, distinct from evaluative polarity (@cite{sassoon-2013}): empty is lower-endpoint but evaluatively positive (total, max-standard).

  • Suppletive pattern across positive, comparative, and superlative grades (@cite{bobaljik-2012}). Default aaa = regular (same root throughout). Set to abb for suppletive entries like good/better/best. See DegreeContainment.lean for pattern definitions and the *ABA constraint.

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                                        confident: gradable attitude adjective on an upper-bounded confidence scale. Denotes a positive region of a holder-relativized confidence ordering (CSW §4.2, Figure 2).

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                                          certain: gradable attitude adjective picking out the maximal elements of the confidence ordering (CSW §5.2, Figure 3). Scale-mate of confident with a higher contrast point.

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                                            sure: near-synonym of confident on the confidence scale.

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                                              doubtful: negative-polarity counterpart of confident on the confidence scale. Picks out the lower portion of the holder's confidence ordering (CSW §5.2 (63c) "Ann doubts that..." adjectival form).

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                                                unsure: negative-polarity counterpart of sure.

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                                                  uncertain: negative-polarity counterpart of certain.

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                                                    Convert an adjective entry to a morphological stem with its comparative/superlative paradigm.

                                                    Periphrastic adjectives (e.g., "expensive" → "more expensive") work naturally: the full periphrastic form is stored as the irregular form string.

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