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Correlational Comparison in English
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Smith, Elizabeth Allyn
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1282105587
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Year and Degree
2010, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Linguistics.
Abstract
This dissertation proposes a novel analysis of the syntax and semantics of Comparative Correlative sentences in English such as the bigger they are, the harder they fall or the faster we drive, the sooner we'll get there. The analysis is cast in a framework that distinguishes between argument structure and word order, called Pheno-Tecto-Differentiated Categorial Grammar. The analysis fares better than past analyses at meeting the benchmarks set out by previous authors, and it also accounts for the new benchmarks presented here. These new benchmarks include a demonstration of the inherently proportional quantificational force in the the that begins a Comparative Correlative and new data showing that these kinds of sentences cannot appear with a full range of adverbs of quantification, unlike conditionals.
Committee
Carl Pollard (Committee Co-Chair)
Craige Roberts (Committee Co-Chair)
Robert Levine (Committee Member)
Pages
313 p.
Subject Headings
Linguistics
Keywords
natural language semantics
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comparative correlative
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Smith, E. A. (2010).
Correlational Comparison in English
[Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1282105587
APA Style (7th edition)
Smith, Elizabeth.
Correlational Comparison in English.
2010. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1282105587.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Smith, Elizabeth. "Correlational Comparison in English." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1282105587
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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