Re: Standard Average European (was: case system)

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:16 PM, ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> wrote:
>  >  9.particle comparatives in comparisons of inequality;
>  >  **does this mean like "plus, más" ?  Engl. and I think Germ. have both
>  > these (more/most, mehr) as well as -er/-est forms?? Romance langs. retain a
>  > few synthetic comparatives (mejor, mieux) and Span/Ital retain the Latin
>  > *-issimus superlative
>
>  I think you're right about this one.  Analytic vs synthetic.
I thought it was the "he is bigger *than* I, er ist größer *als* ich,
il est plus grand *que* moi" particle (rather than putting the
standard of comparison into a specific case form or something).

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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