The comparative cycle in crosslinguistic perspective
This paper traces the diachronic development of comparison constructions crosslinguistically, highlighting a recurrent pattern of change with respect to standard markers: the comparative cycle. Using diachronic corpus data as well as data from descriptive grammars and handbooks, it is demonstrated t...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Bologna
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads |
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| Online Access: | https://typologyatcrossroads.unibo.it/article/view/13430 |