There are eleven positive adjectives of degree and measurement, which can be r-coloured, in Shanxian (陕县) dialect in Henan province. The r-coloured aduectives are different from the non-r-coloured ones in syntax feature. The former ones have an additional meaning of ot high in degree? which appear to have extra pragmatic value. It is common that r-coloured forms have the meaning of mall / little?in common speech of the Chinese language, in dialects and also in different parts of speech. The additional meaning of the r-colou...
