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Process quantifiers
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Process quantifiers quantify over the direction of a process. Two examples are given below:

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De flesse is al fol. <-> De flesse is noch net fol
the bottle is already full the bottle is yet not full
The bottle is already full. <-> The bottle is not yet full
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The four process quantifiers, which form a square of negation, are al already, noch still, noch net not yet and net mear not anymore. They may be used to modify adjectives having a process interpretation. In the examples below, the quantifier used depends in part on the direction of the process. In a filling situation, al already and noch net not yet describe all possible states, whereas in an emptying situation, noch still and net mear not anymore do not describe all possible states:

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a. De flesse is al fol. <-> De flesse is noch net fol
the bottle is already full the bottle is yet not full
The bottle is already full. <-> The bottle is not yet full
b. De flesse is noch fol. <-> De flesse is net mear fol
the bottle is still full the bottle is no more full
The bottle is still full. <-> The bottle is not full anymore
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