Degree adverbs in Mauritian
- In Mauritian, degree words exhibit an extreme syntactic polymorphism in combining with all major categories. When two forms coexist, *mari* ('very') and *boukou* ('a lot'), they select the predicate they modify on semantic more than syntactic criteria. We analyse degree words as adverbs with a double syntactic function: as complements in postverbal position (since they can by themselves trigger the short verbal form) and as adjuncts otherwise. We extend our analysis to inequality comparatives, *pli / plis* ('more') and *mwin / mwins* ('less') which are also polymorphic, with a double life as adjunct and complement.
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| Author: | Shrita HassamalORCiD, Anne AbeilléORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-723475 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2014.14 |
| ISSN: | 1535-1793 |
| Parent Title (English): | Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) |
| Publisher: | CSLI Publications |
| Place of publication: | Stanford, CA |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2014/10/15 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2014 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Contributing Corporation: | International Conference on Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (21 : 2014 : Buffalo, NY) |
| Release Date: | 2024/09/11 |
| GND Keyword: | Mauricien; Komparation; Gradadverb |
| Volume: | 21.2014 |
| Page Number: | 21 |
| First Page: | 259 |
| Last Page: | 279 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
| 4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik | |
| Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
| Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Syntax |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
