THE IMPORTANCE OF SEMANTIC GRADATION IN LINGUISTICS
Keywords:
gradation, linguistic, semantics, degree of comparison, quality degree, cultural diversity, stylistic, expressiveness, rhetoric.Abstract
This article consists of theoretical information on gradation in linguistics. In particular, we have a look at the history of the concept of gradation, it is analysed semantic gradation and expressed the significance of semantic gradation in linguistics.
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