Open AccessComparative Anaphora: comparing alternatives
Author(s) -
Ang Li
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
proceedings from semantics and linguistic theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-5951
pISSN - 2163-5943
DOI - 10.3765/salt.v31i0.5091
Subject(s) - morpheme , anaphora (linguistics) , dimension (graph theory) , meaning (existential) , linguistics , semantics (computer science) , natural language processing , computer science , mathematics , artificial intelligence , psychology , philosophy , epistemology , resolution (logic) , pure mathematics , programming language
A common assumption in degree semantics is that there is a functionargumentrelationship betwen the comparative morpheme er and the overt standard.Drawing on observations from comparatives without an overt standard, I argue forreconsiderations of this assumption and offer a reanalysis of er, where it directlycompares to the alternative in the second dimension of meaning.