Korean Comparative Construction [Sta85] #
Korean uses a separative comparative construction: the standard NP is marked with the postposition -boda ('from/than'), which has ablative semantics. The adjective appears in its bare form with no comparative morphology; the optional adverb deo ('more') may intensify.
Example: Yenghi-ga Chelswu-boda (deo) khu-da 'Yenghi-NOM Chelswu-than (more) tall-DECL' = 'Yenghi is taller than Chelswu'
The marker -boda is sometimes analyzed as a particle rather than a case marker, but its ablative/separative semantics ('from the point of view of') places Korean firmly in the separative class in [Sta85]'s typology.
The -boda comparative: separative postposition-marked standard, no degree morphology.
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No overt degree marking; the adverb deo is an optional intensifier.
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Superlative as comparative with universal standard.