This feature identifies comparative constructions that mark the standard of comparison with an element that is otherwise locational or benefactive in meaning. In these constructions a marker that also has a locational (or benefactive) function is invariably found in the standard NP. Please note that benefactive markers are included here, following Stassen’s (1984, 1985) category of locational comparatives. The marker of the property word is irrelevant for this feature (e.g. the English -er suffix, as in tall-er).
Egyptian Arabic (ISO 639-3: arz, Glottolog: egyp1253)
The particle min (glossed as ‘than’), which otherwise functions as a preposition meaning ‘from’, can be used to form a comparative (Abdel-Massih 1979, 25-26) in Egyptian Arabic. Egyptian Arabic is coded 1.
Stassen, Leon. 1984. The comparative compared. Journal of Semantics 3. 143–182.
Stassen, Leon. 1985. Comparison and Universal Grammar. Oxford: Blackwell.
Ultan, Russell. 1972. Some features of basic comparative constructions. Working Papers on Language Universals 9. 117–162.
Abdel-Massih, Ernest T. 1979. A reference grammar of Egyptian Arabic. (A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic, 3.) Ann Arbor: Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan.
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0 | absent | 847 | |
1 | present | 405 | |
? | Not known | 934 |
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