How do you code for comparative and superlative forms?
Published at: 2016-11-11
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Anita Lightburn
Posted on 11/11/2016 10:07:35
Do you code for comparative and superlative forms? For example, this dog is big/er.
Salt Support
Posted on 16/11/2016 13:31:21
There is a SALT blog titled "Why do we mark some bound morphemes and not others" which you should read. We do not mark comparative and superlative forms, as well as other noun and adjective endings, e.g., slow/ly, happy/ness, govern/ment, neighbor/hood, friend/ship, work/able. Although you may choose to mark these endings, be careful when comparing your sample to samples selected from any of the SALT reference databases as measures, such as MLU in morphemes, will be affected.
Do you code for comparative and superlative forms? For example, this dog is big/er.
There is a SALT blog titled "Why do we mark some bound morphemes and not others" which you should read. We do not mark comparative and superlative forms, as well as other noun and adjective endings, e.g., slow/ly, happy/ness, govern/ment, neighbor/hood, friend/ship, work/able. Although you may choose to mark these endings, be careful when comparing your sample to samples selected from any of the SALT reference databases as measures, such as MLU in morphemes, will be affected.