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In Austin's terminology, to call "real" an adjuster-word means that
{ 1 } - the negative form (what "real" contrasts with) is more basic.
{ 2 } - it's the most general in a series of related words.
{ 3 } - it's used to distinguish narrower and wider senses of a term.
{ 4 } - something could be a real X but not a real Y.
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In Austin's terminology, to call "real" an adjuster-word means that
{ 1 } - the negative form (what "real" contrasts with) is more basic.
{ 2 } - it's the most general in a series of related words.
{ 3 } - it's used to distinguish narrower and wider senses of a term.
{ 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" an adjuster-word means that
{ 1 } - the negative form (what "real" contrasts with) is more basic.
{ 2 } - it's the most general in a series of related words.
{ 3 } - it's used to distinguish narrower and wider senses of a term.
{ 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" an adjuster-word means that
{ 1 } - the negative form (what "real" contrasts with) is more basic.
{ 2 } - it's the most general in a series of related words.
{ 3 } - it's used to distinguish narrower and wider senses of a term.
{ 4 } - something could be a real X but not a real Y.
If we saw an animal that somewhat resembled a pig, we might say "It's like a pig but it's not a real pig."
Adjuster words (such as "like" and "real") let us extend our words to cover new situations.
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In Austin's terminology, to call "real" an adjuster-word means that
{ 1 } - the negative form (what "real" contrasts with) is more basic.
{ 2 } - it's the most general in a series of related words.
{ 3 } - it's used to distinguish narrower and wider senses of a term.
{ 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 substantive-hungry.
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