| Type | strategy |
|---|---|
| http://example.org/cx/hasExample | Šiandien taip šalta kaip vakar |
| Definition |
a derived-case strategy for equative constructions which consists of a relative clause-like construction where the matrix clause expresses that the gradable predicative scale applies to the comparee, and a relative clause expresses that the same scale applies to the standard. The relative clause is reduced to a relativizer and an argument phrase expressing the standard; the zero copula strategy is used for predicate identity. Example: Lithuanian Šiandien taip šalta kaip vakar Today it is as cold as yesterdayis an instance of the relative-based equative strategy: Šiandien taip šalta today [is] so coldis the matrix clause, with the degree marker taip so, and kaip vakar how yesterdayis the relative-based clause, with the pronoun kaip how, the standard, yesterday, and a zero predicate. Typically the relative-based equative recruits a correlative relative clause, with a free (indefinite head) relative or interrogative-based relative pronoun. (Section 17.2.4) |
| See section (in Croft 2022) | 17.2.4 |
| expressionOf | equative construction |
| Subtype of | derived-case |
| Subtype of | independent strategy |
The Model of Comparative concepts for Constructicon Alignment (MoCCA; Lorenzi et al. 2024) proposes to connect constructions across and within languages using Comparative Concepts as a shared base of comparison. It adopts the set of Comparative Concepts provided by Croft (2022).
Croft, William. 2022. Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World’s Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/morphosyntax/1AAB4F5F9C553F675170DCA3F03F82E2#contents. (14 October, 2025).
Lorenzi, Arthur, Peter Ljunglöf, Ben Lyngfelt, Tiago Timponi Torrent, William Croft, Alexander Ziem, Nina Böbel, Linnéa Bäckström, Peter Uhrig & Ely E Matos. 2024. MoCCA: A Model of Comparative Concepts for Aligning Constructicons. In Proceedings of the 20th Joint ACL - ISO Workshop on Interoperable Semantic Annotation @ LREC-COLING 2024, 93–98. Torino, Italia: ELRA and ICCL. https://aclanthology.org/2024.isa-1.12/. (22 July, 2025).
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