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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Asymmetry in Adverbs Multiplying Unmarked and Marked Adjectives
- Walter Charles
North Carolina Central University
Abstract
Polar antonyms (similar in meaning) and adverb modified polarities (very similar in meaning, strongly unrelated in meaning) were analyzed. Adverbs expanded strengths of unmarked more than marked poles, but others contracted strengths of marked more than unmarked poles. Adverb varied asymmetric in expansion and contraction of unmarked and marked poles.
Cognitive Processes