Results 21 to 30 of about 2,502,535 (323)
Comparatives and Superlatives in the Romance Languages
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics, 2021 Comparison expresses a relation involving two or more entities which are ordered on a scale with respect to a gradable property, called the parameter of comparison.
M. Van Peteghem
semanticscholar +1 more source
Comparing Comparators in Generalization Bounds
CoRR, 2023 We derive generic information-theoretic and PAC-Bayesian generalization bounds involving an arbitrary convex comparator function, which measures the discrepancy between the training and population loss. The bounds hold under the assumption that the cumulant-generating function (CGF) of the comparator is upper-bounded by the corresponding CGF within a ...
Hellström, Fredrik, Guedj, Benjamin
openaire +5 more sources
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
openaire +2 more sources
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
doaj +2 more sources
Without Degree Phrase: The Syntax of Chinese ‘Phrasal’ and ‘Clausal’ bi-Comparatives [PDF]
, 2019 This dissertation deals with the syntactic structure of Chinese ‘phrasal’ and ‘clausal’ bi-comparatives by mainly addressing the following issues from a minimalist perspective: the role of differential phrases, an asymmetry concerning the co-occurrence ...
Hu, Yaqing
core +6 more sources
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
doaj +1 more source
Les subordonnés comparatives détachées [PDF]
, 2006 International audienceDans cette étude des subordonnées comparatives détachées en 'que' et en 'comme', sont d'abord examinées les marques du détachement, puis la portée et les valeurs sémantiques des comparatives détachées.
Fuchs, Catherine, Fournier, Nathalie
core +3 more sources
Structure preservation in comparatives
Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 2018 Comparatives involve various dimensions for comparison, but not anything goes: "more coffee" involves volume or weight, but not temperature, while "more coffees" involves number, not volume or weight.
Alexis Wellwood
semanticscholar +1 more source
A Phase-based Approach to Rightward Movement in Comparatives [PDF]
, 2008 In this article, I aim at providing a phase-based explanation of extraposition phenomena in attributive comparatives. Conforming to a semantic requirement, the than-expression is an obligatory complement of the functional Degree head. However, there is
Kántor, Gergely
core +2 more sources
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
doaj