English th comparative of superiority is expressed by the comparative degree (synthetic, analytical or suppletive forms) of the adjective and is followed by the conjunction than.: You are
more interested in my dresses
than my dressmaker.are often used to increase the variation on the comparative degree level .: This is
much better. Aceasta e
mult mai bine.
This is much more better. Aceasta e cu mult mai bine.
Very often the second element of the comparison of superiority or inferiority is omitted because of contextual redundancy: You won t find better examples . Nu vei gasi exemple mai.
The girl was getting more and more beautiful . Fata se facea din
ce in ce mai frumoasa.
Thus comparing English and Romanian here we could say that we observe a very close coincidence on the semantic level, on the formal level the synthetic forms are not used in Romanian. The comparative degree of inferiority both in English and Romanian shows that objects or phenomena have a lower degree of quality in comparison with other ones ;: The number of people is less numerous that it was last time.de oameni este mai putin numeros decit data trecuta.we combine less and mai putin with not (nu) we get an equivalent of comparative of equality .: The number of people is not less numerous than it was last time.de oameni nu este mai putin numeros decit data trecuta.can have gradual transition on the level of the same categorical form by using intensifiers of various degree .: Tom was taller than Peter. Tom era mai inalt decit Peter.
Tom was much more taller than Peter. Tom era mult mai inalt decit Peter
The superlative degree establishes that an object or phenomenon possesses a quality or a property in the highest or in the lowest degree. The English relative superlative has two forms (analytical and synthetic) while in Romanian only the analytical forms are used. The superlative may be absolute and relative. The absolute superlative shows a quality in its highest degree without a comparison with other objects in the given context. Intensifiers are often used here: You are a very good child.are an extremely good child.are a very good child indeed.quick or it may be too late .should mention that the most of the intensifiers are not only used to intensify the degree of variation of the equality but they also used metasemiotically, to produce a stylistic effect. In this case grammatically and especially the lexical means are widely supported by prosodic means: Oh, she is glorious ! Addition to the lexical superlative expressed by glorious the prosodic elements that should be used here considerably intensify the degree of absolute superlative both semiotically and metasemiotically: the adjective glorious is pronounced in a loud voice (increased loudness), showed down tempo, wide rsnge, high falling tone - all these prosodic elements are characteristic of highly emotional, emphatic speech.are quite a number of adjectives which become absolute superlatives by using such lexical means like:) affixes: -less; ultra-; super-; over- ;: peerless, oversensitive, superfine, ultrashort;) analytical genitives: : A mountain of a man - a very tall man.devil of a child - a very naughty child.monster of a dog -a monstrous dog.mountain of happiness - extremely happy.) some other combination :: Without compare (equal) - to good, to great to beto anybody else;) repetitions: :A red, red rose!) hyperboles:
Example: Scared to death - very frightened; obliged - very much obliged; to the brim - quite full;) simile: : (as) black as coal - quite black;
(as) dry as a bone - very dry;) metaphor: : blowing hot and cold - very hesitating; is a fox - He is very sly.) litotes: : no coward- very brave.; all these means, which help express an absolute superlative are metasemioticaly charged and posses inherent stylistic connotations. It should also be mentioned here that the absolute superlative is not used with a definite article, while the relative superlative is regularly used with a definite article or other deictic means .: The girl put on the best clothes to go to the theatre.the article may be omitted for the sake of expressivity and is emotionally coloured, intensified here by prosody :: Oh,
