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This brings us to the second level of analysis of the semantic structure of a word. The transformational operation with the meaning definitions of dull reveals something very significant: the semantic structure of the word is "divisible", as it were, not only at the level of different meanings but, also, at a deeper level.
This brings us to the second level of analysis of the semantic structure of a word. The transformational operation with the meaning definitions of dull reveals something very significant: the semantic structure of the word is "divisible", as it were, not only at the level of different meanings but, also, at a deeper level.
The verbs to like — to admire — to love — to adore — to wor-ship, as has been mentioned, are differentiated not only by the conno-tation of intensity, but also by the connotation of manner. Each of them describes a feeling of a different type, and not only of different intensity.