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Degree Equative Constructions in English

Lanaguage Research, 2022
Mi‐Ja Kim
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Buryat equative-similative constructions with the predicate adli ‘similar; the same as’ [PDF]

Sibirskiy filologicheskiy zhurnal
The Buryat equative-similative word adli ‘similar; the same’ can be used as a nominal predicate expressing a comparison between persons, objects, abstract notions, or events. The components can be NPs or clauses. The construction variants form a system primarily determined by information structure. The subject position is held by the equation component
Elena K. Skribnik, Nadezhda B. Darzhaeva
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Equative and similative constructions in the languages of Europe

, 1998
This paper expresses generalizations about equative constructions ("My sister is as tall as my mother") and similative constructions ("My sister can sing like a nightingale") in the languages of Europe.
Haspelmath, Martin, Buchholz, Oda
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Separate but Equal: A Typology of Equative Constructions

, 2020
Jessica Rett
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EQUATIVE CONSTRUCTION WITH HONORARY NPS IN ENGLISH

ENGLISH LINGUISTICS, 2003
Toshiaki Nishihara
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A Typological Study of Superlative Comparison in Persian [PDF]

نشریه پژوهش‌های زبان‌شناسی, 2021
:This study set out to conduct a typological investigation of “comparative/superlative construction” and analyze the formal and functional differences of the constructive components of this construction in Persian language. To this end, firstly, the most
Ava Imani
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Diachronic evolution of Russian standard markers kako and aky

Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads, 2021
Modern Russian uses the same marker kak ‘how’ to introduce the standard in equative and similative constructions. Historical grammars claim that the same polysemy is found in Old Russian, where three markers, kako, aky and jako, are used interchangeably.
Irina Kobozeva, Natalia Serdobolskaya
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5 Equative and similative constructions in the languages of Europe [PDF]

, 1998
Martin Haspelmath, Oda Buchholz
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Defining Law Terms: A Cross-Cultural Perspective [PDF]

, 2011
The translation practice trends towards legal definitions seem to be more and more informed by the globalization and ‘Europeanisation’ processes now constituting a still broader context of legal communication rather than confined to the text of a legal ...
Jopek-Bosiacka, Anna
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Definiteness and determinacy [PDF]

, 2015
This paper distinguishes between definiteness and determinacy. Definiteness is seen as a morphological category which, in English, marks a (weak) uniqueness presupposition, while determinacy consists in denoting an individual.
Beaver, David, Coppock, Elizabeth
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