The Leipzig Equative Constructions Team
List of John Benjamins publications for which The Leipzig Equative Constructions Team plays a role.
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2017 Chapter 1. Equative constructions in world-wide perspective Similative and Equative Constructions: A cross-linguistic perspective, Treis, Yvonne and Martine Vanhove (eds.), pp. 9–32 | Chapter
In this paper, we report on a world-wide study of equative constructions (‘A is as big as B’) in a convenience sample of 119 languages. From earlier work, it has been known that European languages often have equative constructions based on adverbial relative pronouns that otherwise express degree… read more