a fixed-case strategy in equative 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 with a spatial flag with an associative (with) meaning. Example: Mandarin Chinese Tā gēn nǐ yíyàng gāo She is as tall as you is an instance of an associative equative -- the predicate is yíyàng gāo [is] one.manner tall and the standard nǐ you uses the flag gēn with. The associative marker may also be a coordinating conjunction. (Section 17.2.4)