Syllogistic Logic with Comparative Adjectives

Journal of Logic, Language and Information 20 (3):397-417 (2011)
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This paper adds comparative adjectives to two systems of syllogistic logic. The comparatives are interpreted by transitive and irreflexive relations on the underlying domain. The main point is to obtain sound and complete axiomatizations of the valid formulas in the logics

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