comp 1/3: same vs. different in comparative sentence constituents

Subj:Re: same vs. different in comparative sentence constituents
Date:2002-06-30 8:39:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From:ram@hidden.email
To:BestATN@hidden.email

>
> LS 12.0 COMPARATIVES has a list of the eight possibilities of constituents of
> comparative sentences.  In three of them (4, 6, 7), one of the constituents
> does not change the way it is supposed to:
>
> object:
>     4. same verb, different subject, different object
>     John reads more novels than Bill.
>     John reads (more novels) vs. Bill reads novels
>
> verb:
>     6. different verb, same subject, different object
>     John reads novels more than short stories.
>     John (more reads) novels vs. John reads short stories
>
> verb:
>     7. different verb, different subject, same object
>     John reads novels more than Bill.
>     John (more reads) novels vs. Bill reads novels
>

They make perfect sense to me.  For example, in 4, the verb is the same
(reads), the subject is different (John vs. Bill) and the object is
different (more novels vs. novels).  Why do you think there's something
wrong with the analysis?

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