How Many Comparatives Are There?.

Rivara, Rene

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How Many Comparatives Are There?

Rivara, Rene

Linguistics, 163, 35-51, Nov 1 75

The theory is presented that there are in Indo-European languages only two comparative morphemes and correspondingly two degrees of the comparative, superiority and equality. (RM)

Descriptors: English, Form Classes (Languages), Indo European Languages, Linguistic Theory, Morphemes, Semantics, Syntax, Transformational Generative Grammar

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