Variation in syntax and semantics of degree phrase: evidence from ukrainian
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31558/1815-3070.2025.49.3Schlagworte:
Degree phrase, measure, Ukrainian, adjective, adverb, possessed propertiesAbstract
In Ukrainian, there are many syntactic ways of constructing a measure phrase such as ‘2 metres tall’, and the adjective is never directly combined with the measure, as in English (‘6 feet tall’); instead, the measure is combined with adverbs, prepositional phrases, nouns or used in possessive constructions. The article analyses each of these types and shows that they have similar semantics; their variability is due to the syntactic and morphological limitations of the language. The study also raises the issue of defining the categories of adjective and adverb and their differentiation.
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