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allative comparative (str)
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a fixed-case strategy in comparative constructions in which there is a clause which attributes a gradable predicative scale to the comparee, and the standard is expressed as an oblique argument phrase using a spatial flag with an allative (
to) meaning. Example: Nuer diid ne gän ke ji
I am bigger than youis an instance of the allative comparative -- diid ne gän asserts that I am big, and ke ji expresses the standard, you, with a flag ke meaning
to. (Section 17.2.2)
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