Meaning of multal | Babel Free

Definitions

Expressing a large (but not maximal) quantity or degree.

not-comparable

Examples

“Finally, the wish⟳ to classify and subdivide into further subcategories at times leads the authors to use⟳ labels that border⟳ on jargon (e.g. multal and paucal groups of pronouns, p. 220).”

“The next section includes the study⟳ of the role of metonymy in the motivation of the lexical-semantic changes leading to the present-day multal quantifier sense⟳ of lot in the context of the quasi-determiner a lot of;”

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