German comparison

This file defines the German comparative construction, X ist größer als Y 'X is bigger than Y'. The standard of comparison follows the particle als and takes its case from the compared noun phrase, and the adjective carries the comparative ending -er and the superlative ending -st whatever its length: Durrell notes that mehr and meist form comparatives and superlatives only in a few special cases. The construction is a particle comparative in the sense of Stassen's WALS chapter on comparatives, whose sample does not include German, so its type is read off the construction (Comparative.type).

References

• [Dur11]
• [Sta13b]

def German.Comparison.als : Comparative

The als-comparative marks the standard with the particle als and the adjective with the bound ending -er.

Equations

• German.Comparison.als = { standardMarker := [Morphology.Morph.free "als"], caseAssignment := Comparative.CaseAssignment.derived, degreeMarkers := [Morphology.Morph.suff "er"] }

def German.Comparison.superlative : Comparative.SuperlativeStrategy

The superlative is marked by the ending -st, as in das tiefste.

Equations

• German.Comparison.superlative = Comparative.SuperlativeStrategy.morphological

theorem German.Comparison.als_type : als.type = Comparative.ComparativeType.particle

The als-comparative is a particle comparative.