The synthetic structure of comparative adjectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 53-74
Author(s):  
Eun-Kyeong Park
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Adjectives

Context-dependency and comparative adjectives

Analysis ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-204
Author(s):  
J. Hawthorne
Keyword(s):  
Context Dependency ◽  
Comparative Adjectives

Do children interpret ‘marked’ comparative adjectives as their opposites?

1976 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Common Error ◽  
Comparative Adjectives ◽  
Behavioural Evidence

ABSTRACTChildren aged 2;6–4;0 were asked questions containing comparative and superlative forms of adjectives from pairs designated as unmarked/marked or simply positive/negative. Children's answers required a choice of one out of five objects. Differences in frequency of correct responses were generally greater between unmarked/marked pairs than between simple positive/negative pairs, but the response of ‘greatest extent’ to marked adjective questions was seldom a significantly common error. Linguistic arguments for the unmarked/marked distinction in comparative adjectives are reviewed, and it is concluded that there is no linguistic or behavioural evidence for a marking explanation of children's difficulty with ‘marked’ comparative adjectives.

scholarly journals FUNGSI ADJEKTIVA KOMPARATIF DALAM BAHASA MADURA DIALEK KANGEAN DAN DAMPAKNYA BAGI MASYARAKAT KANGEAN: KAJIAN PRAGMATIK [The Function of Comparative Adjectives in Kangean Dialect of Madurese Language and its Impact]

TOTOBUANG ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-271
Author(s):  
Mutaallim Hafidz ◽  
Fahmi Reza Alfani ◽  
La Mahidin ◽  
Yuana Dwi Agustin ◽  
Damon Wicaksi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Field Note ◽  
Distributional Method ◽  
Written Form ◽  
Observation Method ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Comparative Adjectives ◽  
Participatory Observation

Comparative adjectives of Kangean Dialect of Madurese Language (KDML) are the basic adjectives that has A+D+(-an) stucture or lebbi. This study explored the function of comparative adjectives in KDML and its impact for the Kangean community. The theories used to explore and determine the comparative adjective function are descriptive and pragmatic theories. The research is a qualitative research. The method used in this research is the participatory observation method. The data were obtained from interviews with the dialect speakers by voice recording and field note-taking. Besides, researchers used the introspectiveve method (reflective-introspection method). The data that has been collected were transcribed into written form of orthographic transcription, then translated and classified according to its function. The method applied for analyzing the data are equivalent and distributional method. Meanwhile, the methods used for displaying the results of data analysis are informal and formal steps. The results showed that in KDML, there are several functions of comparative adjectives, namely to motivate, praise, admonish, command, insinuate, advise, criticize and accuse. Meanwhile, the impact of adjective utterances, people become more optimistic, comfortable, easy to appreciate, entertained, strong, cautious, deterred, and humble. Adjektiva komparatif bahasa Madura dialek Kangean (BMDK) merupakan adjektiva dasar yang memiliki struktur A+D+(-an) atau lebbi. Penelitian ini mengeksplorasi fungsi adjektiva komparatif dalam BMDK dan dampaknya bagi komunitas Kangean. Teori yang digunakan untuk menggali dan menentukan fungsi adjektiva komparatif adalah teori deskriptif dan pragmatik. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode observasi partisipatif. Data diperoleh melalui wawancara dengan penutur dialek Kangean melalui rekaman dan catatan lapangan. Selain itu, peneliti menggunakan metode introspektif (metode reflektif-introspekturis). Data yang sudah terkumpul ditranskrip ke dalam bentuk tulisan dengan transkripsi ortografis, kemudian diterjemahkan dan diklasifikasikan sesuai fungsinya. Metode yang digunakan untuk menganalisis data adalah metode ekuivalen dan metode agih dan metode yang digunakan untuk menampilkan hasil analisis data adalah langkah-langkah formal dan nonformal. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam BMDK terdapat beberapa fungsi adjektiva komparatif yakni untuk memotivasi, memuji, menegur, memerintah, menyindir, menasihati, mencela dan menuduh. Sedangkan dampaknya adalah masyarakat lebih optimis, peka, mudah menghargai, terhibur, kuat, berhati-hati, jera, dan rendah diri.   

Effects of Pictures and Picturability on Sentence Verification by Aphasic and Nonaphasic Subjects

1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Elmore-Nicholas ◽  
R. H. Brookshire
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Comparative Adjectives

Ten aphasic and ten non-brain-damaged subjects were asked to judge the truth or falsity of spoken comparative sentences. In one condition, pictures which contained the items being compared were presented, and in the other condition sentences were presented without accompanying pictures. Some of the pictures which accompanied the sentences depicted the comparative adjectives contained in the sentences, while other pictures simply illustrated the items being compared and gave no information about the comparative adjectives. Results of the experiment suggest that presenting pictures along with spoken sentences improves aphasic subjects' ability to judge the truth or falsity of those sentences. This facilitation occurs even when the pictures do not depict the relationships expressed by the comparative adjectives in the sentences.

Acquisition of English comparative adjectives

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
JANINE GRAZIANO-KING ◽  
HELEN SMITH CAIRNS
Keyword(s):  
General Rule ◽  
Forced Choice ◽  
Production Task ◽  
The Third ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Comparative Adjectives

Two experiments investigated the acquisition of English comparative adjective forms, Adj+er and more Adj. In Experiment 1, 72 children, four- and seven-years-old, indicated their preferences for the synthetic or periphrastic comparative form for 16 adjectives in a forced-choice judgement task; their responses were compared to those of a group of adults (Graziano-King, 2003). In Experiment 2, a group of 29 children, ranging in age from 5;1 to 10;9, and a group of 11 adults performed a forced-choice judgement task, similar to that of Experiment 1, and an elicited production task, responding to the same 32 adjectives for both tasks. The two studies together support an acquisition trajectory of three stages. In the first stage, children show no preference for either form of the comparative; in the second, they adopt a suffixation rule; and in the third, they abandon the general rule and become conservative learners, eventually reaching the adult target.

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