Comparative constructions have been the focus of much research in generative grammar. The puzzles they give rise to have been extensively studied both from syntactic and semantic points of view. These studies have triggered signi cant development in the theory of phrasal and clausal architecture and shed light on some important mechanisms such as quanti cation, wh-movement and ellipsis. The study presented in this book investigates adjectival comparative constructions in Russian. The novel idea advanced in this book is that the word 'chem' that introduces comparative clauses in Russian is a...