ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the degrees of comparison. Section 4.1 will start with a discussion of equative, comparative and superlative forms like those given in (1). We will see that comparative and superlative forms are generally derived by morphological means, although we will also encounter certain cases in which a periphrastic comparative/superlative may or must appear. Section 4.1 also includes a discussion of the als/dan/van-phrases of comparison.
