Comparative Concept: degree marker (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
degree marker (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | degree marker |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | degree marker (cxn) |
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Hierarchy
Definition
a free morpheme or affix that expresses the relative degree of the gradable predicative scale applied to the comparee, in comparative and equative constructions. Example: in taller, the suffix -er is a degree marker. In addition to comparative and equative degree markers, some languages have a distinct superlative degree marker, such as -est in English tallest. (Section 17.2.2)