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Similative and Equative Constructions

, 2017
1. Introduction (by Treis, Yvonne) 2. Part I. Typology and grammaticalisation 3. Chapter 1. Equative constructions in world-wide perspective (by Haspelmath, Martin) 4. Chapter 2. Toward a cognitive typology oflike-expressions (by Schulze, Wolfgang) 5. Chapter 3.
Treis, Yvonne, Vanhove, Martine
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Constructions of equative comparison

Language Typology and Universals, 2006
AbstractThe morphosyntactic structures of equative constructions, which represent one class of comparison constructions (alongside positive, comparative, and superlative con-structions), are cross-linguistically quite diverse. In the present investigation, which is based on a convenience sample consisting of 25 languages, constructions of this kind are
Peter Henkelmann
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Evaluativity in the Afrikaans Equative and Excessive Constructions

Language Matters, 2020
Afrikaans has two degree modifiers translatable as “much,” “many,” or “a lot,” namely veel and baie.
Robyn Berghoff
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The mystery of the “negative equative” construction

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1970
These experiments compare the difficulty of arranging items according to negative equative instructions like “A is not as x as B” (where A and B are object names and x is an adjective) to the difficulty of syllogisms with analogous premises. The difficulty of arrangement tasks corresponds to the difficulty of reasoning tasks, supporting our earlier
Janellen Huttenlocher, E. Tory Higgins, Carol Milligan, Blanche Kauffman   +3 more
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Chapter 9. Connectivity and definiteness in an English equative construction

, 2012
This chapter describes the syntactic behavior of constructions like the prospects are for peace. The construction is argued to be a sub-case of equational (or ‘specificational’) copular constructions. It is shown that the construction exhibits a definiteness effect on the subject of the copula and an indefiniteness effect on the complement of for, not ...
Randall Hendrick
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Adjectival equative comparative constructions in the Khanty language

Sibirskiy filologicheskiy zhurnal
Equative constructions illustrate one type of equivalence relation (equality), establishing the identity of comparatives based on a gradable feature. The Kazym dialect of the Khanty language exhibits two distinct structural types of equative constructions: parametric and adjectival. Parametric constructions feature comparatives in the subject position,
Natalia B. Koshkareva, Valentina N. Solovar   +1 more
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The Concept of Equative Constructions and Their Diversity of Expression in Korean -Based on the Comparative Concept for the Typological Study-

Journal of Korea Linguistics, 2019
Jae-Hak Do, In-Yeong Heo
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Equative and similative constructions in Caijia (Sino-Tibetan)

Faits de Langues, 2019
Shanshan Lü
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Chapter 7. Similative, equative, and comparative constructions in Beja (North-Cushitic)

, 2017
Martine Vanhove
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The Sumerian Equative Case: a Study of its Constructions

, 2012
Szilvia Sövegjártó
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