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The syntax of comparative correlatives in French and Spanish

Year: 2006

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Comparative correlative (CC) constructions have received much attention in recent years. Major issues have been whether they involve special constructions and whether they have symmetric or asymmetric structures. Evidence from Romance suggests that they require special constructions and that they may be either symmetric or asymmetric. French has a single construction which is asymmetric for some speakers and symmetric for others. Spanish has two distinct constructions, one asymmetric and the other symmetric with quite different properties. The facts can be accommodated in a straightforward way within construction-based HPSG.

Source: Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar

DOI: 10.21248/hpsg.2006.1

Authors: Anne Abeillé, Robert D. Borsley, Maria-Teresa Espinal

Institutions: Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle, University of Essex, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2165363908

FWCI: 11.81

Cites: 12

Cited by: 25

Related to: 10