The Nature of the Standard of Comparison in San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Comparatives

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The Nature of the Standard of Comparison in San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec Com parativesq 2' 3 MICHAEL GALANT California State University, Dominguez Hills 1. Introduction Consider the following comparative sentences in San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec (SLQZ):4 (1) Zyeeiny-ru’ li’ebr b-ziii’ Li’eb cah Rrodriiegw. MUCH5-ER‘ book perf-buy Felipe than Rodrigo ‘Felipe bought more books than Rodrigo.’ (2) Nsehe’s-ru’ r-uhny Beed zeei’ny cah nih r-ralloh Lia Paamm. fast-ER hab-do Pedro work than hab-think Ms. Pam ‘Pedro works faster than Pam thinks (he does). (3) Zyut‘1a’ll-ru’ Lia Oli’eb lob Rrodriiegw. tall-ER Ms. Olivia than Rodrigo ‘Olivia is taller than Rodrigo. In each of these sentences, the SLQZ expression corresponding to English than - that is, the expression used to introduce the standard of comparison - is different. The goal of this paper is to provide an analysis of these various expressions. ' I would like to thank my primary SLQZ consultant, Rodrigo Garcia, for providing me with

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