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Part-whole structures across domains : Slavic derived spatial and social collective nouns

WĄGIEL, Marcin

Basic information

Original name

Part-whole structures across domains : Slavic derived spatial and social collective nouns

Authors

WĄGIEL, Marcin (616 Poland, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Slavic Linguistics Colloquium (SlvLingColl), Humbold University of Berlin, 2021

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Vyžádané přednášky

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00119516

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

collective nouns; Slavic derivational morphology; mereotopology; spatial clusters; social clusters

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International impact
Změněno: 6/4/2022 13:24, Mgr. et Mgr. Lucie Racyn

Abstract

V originále

In this paper, I examine two types of Slavic derived collective nouns, namely spatial collectives such as Polish `kwiecie' (`clump of flowers, blossom') and social collectives like `duchowieństwo' (`collective of priests, clergy'). While the former refer to collections of objects perceived as coherent spatial configurations, the latter denote groups of human individuals performing a salient social role. Building on Grimm (2012) and Zobel (2017), I propose an analysis that treats the Slavic derived collective nouns in question as predicates true of spatial and social clusters, respectively. The proposal extends mereotopology to the abstract domain of social roles.

Links

GA20-16107S, research and development project
Name: Struktury část-celek napříč jazyky
Investor: Czech Science Foundation