CASA — A Constructionist Approach to Syntactic Analysis

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Superlative Construction

Name Superlative Construction
Semantic function of cxn Indicating that an ATTRIBUTE applies maximally or minimally to an ATTRIBUTEE.
Slots 1 2
Semantic role of slots ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTEE
Syntactic form
best
worst
Adj-est
provided by another construction
(with Adj slot)
Collo-profile
biggest  tallest  largest  greatest  highest  oldest