Japanese Comparatives Are Semantically Conjuncts: A Dynamic View  

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Kurafuji, Takeo

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: Proceedings of the 21st Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference, held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 20 - 22, 2011, page 463-480.
Topik: comparison of differences; dynamic semantics; stacking comparatives
Fulltext: 463-480.pdf (228.49KB)

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This paper develops a differential-based semantics of comparatives, arguing that no generalized-quantifier-type degree operator is involved in Japanese comparatives, and the yori ‘than’-clause introduces a degree variable, which is dynamically bound by the existential quantifier associated with a differential in the main clause. This approach accounts for the Japanese stacking comparative such as ‘A is fat(ter) than B is fat than C is fat(ter) than D is fat than E is fat(ter) than D is fat,’ meaning [the difference between A’s fatness and B’s fatness] > [the difference between C’s fatness and D’s fatness] > [the difference between E’s fatness and F’s fatness].

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