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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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Multi-headed comparatives in Portuguese
Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2005 This paper aims at offering a global picture of the subtype of comparative constructions known as ‘multi-headed comparatives’ (from the fact that they exhibit more than one comparative operator in semantic interdependence).
Rui Marques
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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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, 2021 This paper demarcates a theoretically interesting class of "evaluational adjectives." This class includes predicates expressing various kinds of normative and epistemic evaluation, such as predicates of personal taste, aesthetic adjectives, moral ...
Alex Silk +28 more
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Comparative Ellipsis and Variable Binding [PDF]
, 1995 In this paper, we discuss the question whether phrasal comparatives should be given a direct interpretation, or require an analysis as elliptic constructions, and answer it with Yes and No.
Lerner, Jan, Pinkal, Manfred
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Reanalysis in Hungarian Comparative Subclauses [PDF]
, 2013 My paper presents a diachronic study of the Left Periphery of Hungarian comparative subclauses, primarily focussing on the development of the complementisers and the operator.
Bácskai-Atkári, Júlia
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Comparing methods for comparing networks [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2019 AbstractWith the impressive growth of available data and the flexibility of network modelling, the problem of devising effective quantitative methods for the comparison of networks arises. Plenty of such methods have been designed to accomplish this task: most of them deal with undirected and unweighted networks only, but a few are capable of handling ...
Tantardini, Mattia +3 more
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Integrative and Comparative Biology, 1985 AbstractAs a discipline, comparative immunology enhances zoology and has gained wide acceptance in the biological sciences. It is an offshoot of the parent field, immunology, and is an amalgam of immunology and zoology. All animals from protozoans to humans have solved the threat of extinction by having evolved an immune‐defense strategy that ensures ...
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Conjunctive and prepositional comparatives in Slovenian
Linguistica, 2010 The paper deals with the distribution of conjunctive and prepositional comparative structures in Slovenian. They are introduced by the complementiser kot and the preposition od, respectively. Comparative structures are categorised along three dimensions:
Sašo Živanović
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