14. Comparatives

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Table of contents ix
4. Abbreviations xxvi
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. Grammatical sketch 8
7. 3. Segmental phonology 16
8. 4. Tone 75
9. 5. Nominal, pronominal, and adjectival morphology 113
10. 6. Nominal and adjectival compounds 151
11. 7. Noun phrase structure 169
12. 8. Ideophones and onomatopoeia 194
13. 9. Coordination 211
14. 10. Postpositions and adverbials 221
15. 11. Verbal derivation 251
16. 12. Verbal inflection 273
17. 13. VP and predicate structure 319
18. 14. Comparatives 364
19. 15. Focalization and interrogation 373
20. 16. Relativization and clause nominalization 397
21. 17. Conditional constructions 432
22. 18. Clause chaining and subordination 441
23. 19. Quotative constructions 500
24. 20. Anaphora 514
25. 21. Grammatical pragmatics 528
26. 22. Dialects 556
27. 23. Texts 561
28. References 616
29. Index 618