Degree structure as trope structure: a trope-based analysis of positive and comparative adjectives
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Degree structure as trope structure: a trope-based analysis of positive and comparative adjectives
This paper explores a novel analysis of adjectives in the comparative and the positive based on the notion of a trope, rather than the notion of a degree. Tropes are particularized properties, concrete manifestations of properties in individuals. The point of departure is that a sentence like John is happier than Mary is intuitively equivalent to ‘John’s happiness exceeds Mary’s happiness’, a s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Linguistics and Philosophy
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0165-0157,1573-0549
DOI: 10.1007/s10988-009-9054-5