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Microvariació a les comparatives de l’espanyol [PDF]
Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 2013 Si bé les comparatives de desigualtat amb el marcador que (Pedro es más inteligente que yo) han rebut molta atenció en l’estudi de l’espanyol (e.g., Bolinger 1950, Plann 1984, Sáez del Álamo 1990, Gutiérrez Ordóñez 1994, Romero Cambrón 1998, Brucart 2003
Iván Ortega-Santos
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A direct analysis of Lithuanian phrasal comparatives
Glossa, 2021 Phrasal comparatives like John runs faster than Tom can be derived via two routes: i) Direct Analyses assume that the argument of than is a DP; ii) Reduced Clause Analyses assume that the than-phrase is a clause that is subject to some reduction ...
Elena Vaiksnoraite
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Implementing Natural Language Inference for comparatives
Journal of Language Modelling, 2023 This paper presents a computational framework for Natural Language Inference (NLI) using logic-based semantic representations and theorem-proving. We focus on logical inferences with comparatives and other related constructions in English, which are ...
Izumi Haruta +2 more
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Uter vestrum est celerior? Relative Comparatives without an Explicit Standard in Classical Latin
Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Philologica, 2022 The article explores Latin comparatives, both of adjectives and adverbs, which are not accompanied by an explicit standard (basis of comparison) in the form of the ablative of comparison or quam + NP/SENT.
Michal Ctibor
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ELLIPSIS IN COMPARATIVES IN ENGLISH
Filolog, 2021 This paper presents an analysis of certain properties of ellipsis within comparative clauses in English. The analysis has shown that the comparative clauses contain gradable expressions and establish a connection between two-stage concepts related to ...
Вера М. Вујевић Ђурић
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Issues in the grammar of Turkish comparatives
Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2023 The paper investigates several issues in the syntax/semantics of comparison constructions in Turkish. We first show that although comparison constructions use nominalized constituents in marking the standard of comparison, they involve rich clausal ...
Umut ÖZGE
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On the source of proportionality in nominal measurement: evidence from Greek
Glossa, 2023 A large array of nominal measurement structures can give rise to proportional readings, i.e., readings which specify the proportional relation of two measurements.
Artemis Alexiadou, Giorgos Spathas
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Comparison in Bambara an infinitival verb phrase
Studies in African Linguistics, 1986 An infinitival verb phrase is generated to express comparison in Bambara. In particular, the comparative verb INFINITIVE MARKER + INTRANSITIVE phrase has the structure: VERB + NP + POSTPOSITION.
Jan Charles-Luce
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Les comparatifs d’inégalité en mauricien
Études Créoles, 2021 Comparative adverbs can be classified into two major types: adverbs of equality ‘as much / many as’ and adverbs of inequality. The latter are divided into two sub-types: the comparative of superiority ‘more’ and the comparative of inferiority ‘less ...
Shrita Hassamal
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Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads, 2021 Rather exceptionally among European languages, English has two standard markers, namely as and like, which make a formal distinction between equative and similative constructions.
Martina Irsara
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