CAHA, Pavel, Karen DE CLERCQ and Guido VANDEN WYNGAERD. The Fine Structure of the Comparative. Studia Linguistica. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019, vol. 73, No 3, p. 470-521. ISSN 0039-3193. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/stul.12107.
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Original name The Fine Structure of the Comparative
Authors CAHA, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Karen DE CLERCQ and Guido VANDEN WYNGAERD (56 Belgium).
Edition Studia Linguistica, Oxford, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019, 0039-3193.
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/19:00107296
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/stul.12107
UT WoS 000494690400002
Keywords in English comparative; *ABA; syncretism; adjective; Czech
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: doc. Mgr. Pavel Caha, Ph.D., učo 53172. Changed: 21/11/2019 11:52.
Abstract
The paper provides evidence for a more articulated structure of the comparative as compared with the one in Bobaljik (2012). We propose to split up Bobaljik's cmpr head into two distinct heads, C1 and C2. Looking at Czech, Old Church Slavonic and English, we show that this proposal explains a range of facts about suppletion and allomorphy. A crucial ingredient of our analysis is the claim that adjectival roots are not a-categorial, but spell out adjectival functional structure. Specifically, we argue that adjectival roots come in various types, differing in the amount of functional structure they spell out. In order to correctly model the competition between roots, we further introduce a Faithfulness Restriction on Cyclic Override, which allows us to dispense with the Elsewhere Principle.
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GA17-10144S, research and development projectName: Lineární kontiguita v jazyce
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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