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- noun linguistics The absence of a clear
boundary , or the presence of a continuousspectrum ofmeaning , between two words or categories
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Examples
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But I can draw attention to the gradience that exists between nouns and verbs - or, more precisely, between deverbal nouns via verbal nouns to participles - where it's fascinating to see the range of nuances of expression which English provides.
On nominalisations DC 2008
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But I can draw attention to the gradience that exists between nouns and verbs - or, more precisely, between deverbal nouns via verbal nouns to participles - where it's fascinating to see the range of nuances of expression which English provides.
Archive 2008-08-01 DC 2008
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Upon the more intimate union, or the blending and gradience of contrasts from one to another mutually, depend some of the most fascinating effects of colouring.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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He considers to what extent gradience is a grammatical phenomenon or a by-product of imperfect linguistic description, and makes a series of linked proposals for its theoretical formalization.
AvaxHome RSS: 2009
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This is the first exhaustive investigation of gradience in syntax, conceived of as grammatical indeterminacy.
AvaxHome RSS: 2009
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It looks at gradience in English word classes, phrases, clauses and constructions, and examines how it may be defined and differentiated.
AvaxHome RSS: 2009
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