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(AS)<br />

(FS)<br />

mais/menos..do=que 'than'<br />

@COM @#AS-KOMP<<br />

tão..como/quanto,<br />

tanto..como/quanto, tal..qual<br />

DET, tão..quão 'as..as'<br />

@COM @#AS-()<br />

como, segundo, conforme,<br />

assim=como, qual ADV 'like'<br />

@PRD @#AS-()<br />

como 'as'<br />

@COM @#AS-N< como 'like'<br />

@PRD @#AS-N< como 'as'<br />

@COM @#AS-A< como 'like'<br />

@PRD @#AS-A< como 'as'<br />

@KOMP<<br />

mais/menos..de 'more..than'<br />

o/os/a/as +mais/menos..de<br />

'most..of' (superlative)<br />

- 281 -<br />

@ADVL> @#FS-KOMP<<br />

tão..como/quanto, tanto..como/quanto,<br />

tão..quão 'as..as'<br />

@SUBJ> @#FS-KOMP<<br />

tanto..quanto DET 'as..as'<br />

@ACC> @#FS-KOMP<<br />

tanto..quanto DET 'as..as'<br />

@SC> @#FS-KOMP<<br />

tanto..quanto, tal..qual DET 'as..as'<br />

@ADV> @#FS-KOMP<<br />

tanto..quanto ADV 'as..as'<br />

@COM @#FS-()<br />

como, segundo, conforme,<br />

assim=como, qual ADV 'like'<br />

@SUB @#FS-KOMP<<br />

tão/tanto ..que<br />

('such that', consecutive)<br />

The comparative degree of Portuguese adjectives and adverbs is synthetic (2a) only for<br />

a small closed class of lexemes (grande - maior, pequeno - menor, bom/bem - melhor,<br />

mal - pior), and only exists for the superiority correlation; in all other cases, the<br />

comparative is analytical (2b), using the intensifiers mais ('more') for superiority, menos<br />

('less') for inferiority and tão, tanto, tal ('as') for equality. In my grammar, the first two<br />

appear in so called correlative structures, the others in equalitative structures.<br />

(2a)<br />

Mas [mas] KC @CO ‘but’<br />

acostumou- [acostumar] V PS 3S IND VFIN @FAUX ‘[he] got used’<br />

se [se] PERS M/F 3S/P ACC/DAT @N ‘the’<br />

país [país] N M S @

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