Dedicated comparatives aid comparisons of magnitude: a study with Pitjantjatjara-English bilinguals

When expressing comparisons of magnitude, Pitjantjatjara, a language indigenous to the land now known as Australia, employs contextually driven comparators (e.g., Anyupa is tall. Uma is short) rather than a dedicated morphological or syntactic comparative construction (e.g., Anyupa is taller than Um...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Main Authors:	Luke Greenacre, Rebecca Defina, Skye Akbar, Jair E. Garcia
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-09-01
Subjects:	language comparisons magnitude number quantity extent
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1418797/full