From Contribution: Sinitic between Altaic and Mainland Southeast Asia
This refers to the "Surpass" comparative construction (Adjective-Marker-Standard, e.g. gou1 gwo3 nei5 'tall surpass you'). This head-initial pattern is characteristic of Southern Sinitic and is a widespread areal feature of the MSEA region where the Sinitic comparative marker gwo "Surpass" has also spread to, such as in most Tai-Kadai languages.
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