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In Austin's terminology, to call "real" substantive-hungry means that
{ 1 } - it's the most general in a series of related words.
{ 2 } - it's used to distinguish narrower and wider senses of a term.
{ 3 } - the negative form (what "real" contrasts with) is more basic.
{ 4 } - something could be a real X but not a real Y.
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In Austin's terminology, to call "real" substantive-hungry means that
{ 1 } - it's the most general in a series of related words.
{ 2 } - it's used to distinguish narrower and wider senses of a term.
{ 3 } - the negative form (what "real" contrasts with) is more basic.
{ 4 } - something could be a real X but not a real Y.
This is another point -- one that Austin expresses by saying that "real" is a dimension-word.
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In Austin's terminology, to call "real" substantive-hungry means that
{ 1 } - it's the most general in a series of related words.
{ 2 } - it's used to distinguish narrower and wider senses of a term.
{ 3 } - the negative form (what "real" contrasts with) is more basic.
{ 4 } - something could be a real X but not a real Y.
This is another point -- one that Austin expresses by saying that "real" is an adjuster-word.
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In Austin's terminology, to call "real" substantive-hungry means that
{ 1 } - it's the most general in a series of related words.
{ 2 } - it's used to distinguish narrower and wider senses of a term.
{ 3 } - the negative form (what "real" contrasts with) is more basic.
{ 4 } - something could be a real X but not a real Y.
This is another point -- one that Austin expresses by saying that "real" is a trouser-word.
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In Austin's terminology, to call "real" substantive-hungry means that
{ 1 } - it's the most general in a series of related words.
{ 2 } - it's used to distinguish narrower and wider senses of a term.
{ 3 } - the negative form (what "real" contrasts with) is more basic.
{ 4 } - something could be a real X but not a real Y.
Suppose that you point to something and ask: "Is this real?" The answer may be:
It's a real decoy.
It's not a real duck.
To be clear, we shouldn't ask "Is this real?" We should add a noun and ask a more specific question -- like "Is it a real decoy?" or "Is it a real duck?"
Put differently, "Is it real?" prompts us to ask "Is it a real WHAT?"
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