A direct analysis of Lithuanian phrasal comparatives

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ID22130502
AuthorsElena Vaiksnoraite (0000-0001-7214-7982, University of Stuttgart, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume6
Issue1
Publication date2021-05-11
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlossa a journal of general linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2397-1835 • E-ISSN: 2397-1835
PublisherOpen Library of the Humanities (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5334/gjgl.935
OpenAlexW3162004805
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

Phrasal comparatives like John runs faster than Tom can be derived via two routes: i) Direct Analyses assume that the argument of than is a DP; ii) Reduced Clause Analyses assume that the than-phrase is a clause that is subject to some reduction operation (John runs faster than Tom runs). Based on standard diagnostics used to adjudicate between the two analyses, I argue that Lithuanian phrasal comparatives are best analyzed as directly licensed. I develop a direct analysis of Lithuanian phrasal comparatives that captures the empirical generalizations previously discussed in the literature and a new empirical generalization identified in this paper. This proposal is contra Grinsell (2012), who argued that Lithuanian phrasal comparatives are underlyingly clausal based on data that are suggested to show island sensitivity. I argue against Grinsell’s (2012) reduced clause analysis by showing that the island sensitivity of Lithuanian phrasal comparatives can be successfully captured in a direct analysis

Generalization · Linguistics · Lithuanian · Natural language processing · Phrase · Chemistry · Computer Science · linguistics and terminology studies · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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