semantic bring attention two publication john benjamin publish field semantics adverbs degree dutch related languages henny klein x pp lingvistic aktuell linguistic today us canada cloth price us rest world cloth x price nlg john benjamin publish web site http www benjamin com further information vium email service benjamin com adverb degree form intrigue part lexicon numerous multiform everchange great variety distribution study characteristic adverb degree investigate semantic point view main focus dutch previous study english german adverb degree compare build topic include absoluteness versus gradability positive versus negative evaluation strengthen negation polarity sensitivity logical property adverb themselve restriction reduplication stack beside main text three case study present peculiarity adverb investigate depth show detail complexity distribution recent trends meaningtext theory leo wanner ed xx pp study language companion sery us canada cloth price us rest world cloth price nlg john benjamin publish web site http www benjamin com further information vium email service benjamin com present volume contain article wellknown representative mean text theory mtt relate linguistic theory focus volume semantics semantic representation relation semantics surface mtt found mel cuk zholkovsky sixty moscow mtt soon become west prominent outsider theory picture change since though mtt gain importance several area linguistics computational linguistics influence design grammar formalism dependency tree grammar specific part mtt directly theory example work integrate lexical function pustejovsky s generative lexicon bernadette martinez keck tel publicity market fax john benjamin north america email bernie benjamin com po box philadelphium pa check john benjamin web site http www benjamin com 