0 A non-gradable adjective or adverb is one that cannot be used in the comparative or superlative, or that cannot be qualified by words such as 'very' or 'quite'.
In the case of non-gradable adjectives, meer can be interpreted as indicating a quantity rather than a quality.
It is simply unusual for a gradable adjective to be preceded by a non-gradable adjective.
Synthetic responses for gradable and non-gradable monosyllabics were compared within and between groups (four-year-olds, seven-year-olds and adults).
They are also without exception non-gradable, and they cannot be modified (*more feline, *incredibly equine).
Relatively non-gradable property verbs, such as co3 ' wrong ', are normally infelicitous with direct comparison as well (68).
In fact, nine seven-year-olds preferred only one non-gradable adjective in the suffixed comparative form, and in each case, it was the adjective wrong.
