Degrees and manners as kinds

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Linguistics in the Netherlands Pub Date : 2023-11-03 DOI:10.1075/avt.00091.yu

Jianrong Yu, Lena Heynen

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Abstract

Abstract We examine equative constructions in Dutch, comparing it to their counterparts in two other Germanic languages, namely English and German. We observe that there is significant variation in the morphosyntax of equative constructions based on whether what is being compared is a gradable adjective or a verb (e.g. Kim is as tall as Sue and Kim ran as Sue (did) ) across the three languages and that the morphosyntax corresponds to meaning differences, determining what exactly can be compared in these constructions. Based on these observations, we propose an account for Dutch equative constructions based on eventuality kinds, which has implications for the semantics of comparison constructions in general in relation to the ontological status of degrees and manners in the grammar.

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作为种类的程度和举止

摘要我们研究了荷兰语中的等号结构，并将其与其他两种日耳曼语言，即英语和德语中的等号结构进行了比较。我们观察到，基于所比较的是一个可分级的形容词还是一个动词(例如，Kim和Sue一样高，Kim和Sue一样跑)，在三种语言中，等价结构的形态句法有显著的差异，并且形态句法对应于意义差异，这决定了这些结构中究竟可以比较什么。基于这些观察，我们提出了一种基于可能性类型的荷兰式等价结构的解释，这对比较结构的语义在一般情况下与语法中程度和方式的本体论地位有关。

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Linguistics in the Netherlands Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： Linguistics in the Netherlands is a series of annual publications, sponsored by the Dutch Linguistics Association (Algemene Vereniging voor Taalwetenschap) and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company since Volume 8 in 1991. Each volume contains a careful selection through peer review of papers presented at the annual meeting of the society. The aim of the annual meeting is to provide members with an opportunity to report on their work in progress. Each volume presents an overview of research in different fields of linguistics in the Netherlands containing articles on phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.