Degree Morphology

C 2023

Degree Morphology

DE CLERCQ, Karen, Pavel CAHA, Michal STARKE and Guido VANDEN WYNGAERD

Basic information

Original name

Degree Morphology

Authors

DE CLERCQ, Karen (56 Belgium), Pavel CAHA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Michal STARKE (756 Switzerland, belonging to the institution) and Guido VANDEN WYNGAERD (56 Belgium)

Edition

New Jersey, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Morphology, Volume 2, p. 125-166, 42 pp. The Wiley Blackwell Companions to Linguistics, 2023

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00131758

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-1-394-15884-3

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119693604.morphcom024

Keywords in English

comparative; degree; nanosyntax; positive; superlative

Abstract

V originále

This entry provides a chronological overview of the treatment of degree morphology in the generative literature from the 1970s until today. Starting out from Ultan’s four basic degrees of comparison, it initially widens the scope to consider other types of degree morphology. It then homes in on the expression of the positive, comparative and superlative degrees, and the way these are related to one another. It is shown how the functional superstructure of the adjective became increasingly fine-grained, with the earliest proposals involving a partitive layer (QP) with a degree determiner (deg) on top of the lexical adjectival core. It is then k shown how deg is split up into a comparative head cmpr and a superlative head sprl in the work of Bobaljik, which is based on attested and unattested patterns in root suppletion in the triplet positive-comparative-superlative. Nanosyntactic treatments are discussed, which decompose Bobaljik’s heads even further, on the basis of evidence from Czech comparatives and Latin superlatives. Finally, the particular position of the positive degree is discussed, in particular its relation to the comparative, both with respect to their morphological marking and their underlying structural and semantic relationship.

Links

MUNI/A/1249/2022, interní kód MU

Name: Lexikon a gramatika češtiny III - 2023

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

DE CLERCQ, Karen, Pavel CAHA, Michal STARKE and Guido VANDEN WYNGAERD. Degree Morphology. In Bendjaballah, Sabrina; Ackema, Peter; Fábregas, Antonio; Bonet, Eulàlia. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Morphology, Volume 2. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell, 2023, p. 125-166. The Wiley Blackwell Companions to Linguistics. ISBN 978-1-394-15884-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119693604.morphcom024.

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DE CLERCQ, Karen, Pavel CAHA, Michal STARKE and Guido VANDEN WYNGAERD. Degree Morphology. In Bendjaballah, Sabrina; Ackema, Peter; Fábregas, Antonio; Bonet, Eulàlia. \textit{The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Morphology, Volume 2}. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell, 2023, p.~125-166. The Wiley Blackwell Companions to Linguistics. ISBN~978-1-394-15884-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119693604.morphcom024.

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