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Foregrounding of Degrees of Comparison
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Degrees of comparison can also be foregrounded. Such foregrounding may be achieved in 2 ways: either by Semantic Violation or by Morphological Violation of the norm. The Semantic Violation of the norm is applied to descriptive Adjectives which by virtue of their semantics do not admit of comparison. Yet for the sake of expressiveness they are used either in the Comparative Degree or in the Superlative Degree.
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Foregrounding of the Plural Form
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The Plural Form is foregrounded when it is used with Uncountable Nouns or with “Noun Phrases”. The plural moves an Uncountable Noun into a new category, thus stressing it. As conversion is used in Russian on a limited scale it can hardly ever preserved.
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Foregrounding of Suffixes
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Suffixes present great variety and have different productivity in the S and T languages. The English language is particularly rich in suffixes and their productivity is prodigious. The case with which new words are formed is amazing. Individual coinages speedily become neologisms and enter the vocabulary. Some suffixes are exceptionally productive and offer great possibilities for foregrounding. Such coinages often baffle the translator and their rendering requires considerable ingenuity on his part, usually at the cost of compactness.
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