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From: gmb@natcorp.ox.ac.uk (Glynis Baguley)
Subject: Re: Opposite of Diminutive
Message-ID: <1995Mar2.113216.27447@onionsnatcorp.ox.ac.uk>
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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 1995 11:32:16 GMT
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In article <gek655.106.000A2AA0@cscgpo.anu.edu.au> gek655@cscgpo.anu.edu.au (Graham Kelly) writes:
> In article <D0y4I8.1uv@actrix.gen.nz> "Paul J. Kriha" <kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz> writes:
> >From: "Paul J. Kriha" <kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz>
> >Subject: Re: Opposite of Diminutive
> >Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 08:20:31 GMT
> 
> >millert@grad.csee.usf.edu (Timothy Miller) wrote:
> >>
> >> Does anyone have an antonym for Diminutive?  For some reason, such a word 
> >> has not been easy for me to find.
> >> 
> 
> >I would also like to know the correct technical term for the antonym
> >for Diminutive.
> >Occasionally, when I try to describe the grammatical features 
> >of 'opposite of diminutive' in some languages to my friends I
> >get into all sorts of verbal gymnastics.
> 
> >Paul JK
> 
> Superlative is the term.
> 
> Graham Kelly
> 

Augmentative.


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