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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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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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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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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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An experimental approach to case marking in Romanian elliptical comparatives [PDF]
Studii de Lingvistica, 2022 The main goal of this paper is to experimentally assess the case marking alternation on the subject remnant in Romanian gapped comparatives, in order to illustrate the limits of introspective informal judgments as the sole source of data and to show ...
Gabriela Bîlbîie
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Smaller than small comparatives: the case of Basque
Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2018 Adjectival comparatives like txiki baino txikiago ‘smaller than small’ in Basque exhibit some striking properties that present a challenge for previous analyses of inequality comparatives. The research on this unstudied type of adjectival comparatives in
Laura Vela-Plo
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Revisiting gradability in American Sign Language (ASL)
Glossa, 2023 This paper addresses gradability in American Sign Language (ASL). The literature has argued that languages may or may not introduce degree variables, i.e., there is cross-linguistic variation as to whether languages should be analyzed as degree- or ...
Christopher Kurz +3 more
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