Phrasal subcomparatives: a comparative coordination analysis based on evidence from Basque, Spanish, and English

By analyzing an understudied type of comparative, namely, subcomparatives with surface-phrasal standards of comparison, this article offers an answer to three long-debated questions regarding the internal structure and semantic composition of comparative constructions in opposition to traditional as...

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Main Author: Vela-Plo Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2023-01-01
Series:Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2022-0001