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The constructions for comparing situations with the indices sort of and as if

The constructions for comparing situations with the indices sort of and as if The Russian comparative constructions with the word combinations sort of and as if are described with the help of the apparatus of construction grammar that was suggested by Ch. Chilmor. The semantics of these constructions and their syntactic properties that are determined only by semantic differences are analyzed. In particular, it is shown that both constructions must be considered comparative, despite the syntactic differences existing between them. On the other hand, the modal-discursive uses of these constructions that may be of typological interest are analyzed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Automatic Documentation and Mathematical Linguistics Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 by Allerton Press, Inc.
Subject
Computer Science; Information Storage and Retrieval
ISSN
0005-1055
eISSN
1934-8371
DOI
10.3103/S0005105508020039
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Abstract

The Russian comparative constructions with the word combinations sort of and as if are described with the help of the apparatus of construction grammar that was suggested by Ch. Chilmor. The semantics of these constructions and their syntactic properties that are determined only by semantic differences are analyzed. In particular, it is shown that both constructions must be considered comparative, despite the syntactic differences existing between them. On the other hand, the modal-discursive uses of these constructions that may be of typological interest are analyzed.

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Automatic Documentation and Mathematical LinguisticsSpringer Journals

Published: Jun 7, 2008

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