in attributive positions, and systematically only for adjectives that predicate bigness. These restrictions can be understood as part of a broader picture of gradable NPs in which adnominal degree morphemes—often overt—play a key role, analogous to their role in AP. Size adjectives acquire degree readings

In languages that have them, adjectives and the functional structure they project are the prototypical means by which gradable notions are expressed, and consequently probably the clearest window available onto how degree

only for size adjectives in attrib-utive positions, and systematically only for adjectives that predicate bigness. These restrictions can be understood as part of a broader picture of gradable NPs in which adnominal degree morphemes—often overt—play a key role, analogous to their role in the extended

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One of the best tools we have for probing the lexical semantics of adjectives is degree modification. Different degree modifiers impose different requirements on the adjectives they combine with, and the patterns these restrictions reveal can be used to establish a typology of adjectives. This line

In the tradition of formal semantics (e.g., Montague’s PTQ), tense morphemes are assumed to be sentential operators. For example, (1a) is analyzed as in (1b), where P is a past tense operator. (1) a. Every student left. b. P[∀x[student(x) → leaves(x)]] c. There is some past time t such that every

Abstract In this paper, we discuss and analyze... ish/-ish in three of its uses: as a modifier of gradable adjectives; as a clause-final particle that hedges on a speaker’s degree of commitment to a proposition; and as a general precision-regulator. In each case,... ish/-ish makes reference to a

The X A (Y) D comparative contains a covert weak comparative morpheme (i.e. the covert verbal suffix -guo2) that is grammaticalized from the verbal suffix -guo1, meaning 'exceed' or 'surpass', in the X A-guo1 Y (D) comparative. The "weak" nature of -guo2 is the "

Polish is a synthetic language with a high morpheme-perword ratio. It makes use of a high degree of inflection leading to high out-of-vocabulary (OOV) rates, and high Language Model (LM) perplexities. This poses a challenge for Large Vocabulary and Continuous Speech Recognition (LVCSR) systems

A second statement which has captured the attention of researchers in second language acquisition in the past few years is the claim that second language learners, regardless of native language background, acquire certain English grammatical morphemes in stmi1ar sequence. This idea originated