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Linglib.Semantics.Degree.Boundedness

Scale boundedness #

The four-way endpoint classification of scales — open, lower closed, upper closed, closed — of [kennedy-mcnally-2005] (22) and [kennedy-2007] (59), found independently by [rotstein-winter-2004]. Boundedness is the lexical tag a fragment entry stores (a record field cannot hold an OrderTop instance); degreeShape is an order carrier of that shape, with a greatest element exactly when the scale HasMax. dual is the antonym's scale, the same degrees with the ends exchanged, and ScalePolarity says which member of an antonym pair an adjective is.

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Scale boundedness #

Which endpoints a scale has ([kennedy-mcnally-2005] (22), [kennedy-2007] (59)). Open scales may further approach a value without reaching it or be unbounded ([kennedy-2007] fn. 28); the tag does not record that.

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      Degree carrier per scale shape #

      A computable order carrier for each shape — only the OrderTop/NoMaxOrder mixin matters, not the carrier. The grounding is proved once here; per-dimension views transport it (Features.ScalarDimension.degree).

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      Degree carrier per boundedness shape: a greatest element exists exactly when the scale HasMax.

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        A greatest degree exists exactly when the classification says HasMax.

        Scale polarity #

        Intrinsic polarity of a scale dimension: positive is the unmarked direction (tall, hot), negative the inverted one (short, cold).

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            The scale an adjective measures on: its dimension's scale for the positive member of an antonym pair, the same scale with the ends exchanged for the negative member.

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