Talk:Elative (gradation)

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I'm not sure that the word "gradation" in the title of this article really conveys much specific meaning, but I'm not sure what to propose in place of it -- "(degree of comparison)" maybe? AnonMoos 17:34, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

I think "gradation" is more accurate, since the entire point is that the elative does not always express a comparison. dab (ᛏ) 22:34, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the term "gradation" is rather hopelessly vague in linguistics, with a multitude of possible meanings, so that it simply doesn't convey anything at all specific. AnonMoos

ok, how about "Elative (Semitic)" then? After all, we need the dab only to differentiate from the Uralic case, and so far the article talks only about Semitic. I think Elative is also used in Latin etc., when comparatives are unrelated to a comparison. If (this is right and) we want to include this, the "(Semitic)" restricition may be too narrow though. dab (ᛏ) 10:51, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

My books disagree, do the modern greek language have an elative or is it an absolute superlative?Ptalatas 03:11, 27 May 2006 (UTC)