An equative construction is a
grammatical construction
In linguistics, a grammatical construction is any syntax, syntactic string of words ranging from Sentence (linguistics), sentences over phrase structure rules, phrasal structures to certain complex lexemes, such as phrasal verbs.
Grammatical const ...
using an
adjective
An adjective (abbreviations, abbreviated ) is a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase. Its semantic role is to change information given by the noun.
Traditionally, adjectives are considered one of the main part of speech, parts of ...
or an
adverb An adverb is a word or an expression that generally modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a determiner, a clause, a preposition, or a sentence. Adverbs typically express manner, place, time, frequency, degree, or level of certainty by ...
in the
comparative of equality (also called "equative degree"). An equative construction equates a comparee with a standard in terms of a certain quality or action. In
English, such a construction takes the form “as X as S”, where S is the standard.
In
modern French, the equative construction takes the form “aussi X que S”.
Welsh has an equative degree of adjectives, usually indicated by the suffix ''-ed''; for example, "''hyned''" (''â'' ...)", meaning "as old (as ...)".
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