J 2022

The marking of mass, count and plural denotations in multi-dimensional paradigms

CAHA, Pavel

Basic information

Original name

The marking of mass, count and plural denotations in multi-dimensional paradigms

Authors

CAHA, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Studia Linguistica, Oxford, UK, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2022, 0039-3193

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.600

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00119717

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

UT WoS

000728158300001

Keywords in English

mass; count; plural; paradigm; number; agreement

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 23/3/2022 04:51, doc. Mgr. Pavel Caha, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

This paper investigates the morphology of nouns in pseudo-partitive constructions, noun-numeral constructions and plurals. The data discussed reveal a *ABA pattern that restricts syncretism among these categories. Specifically, in the sequence pseudo-partitive, counting form and plural, only adjacent forms can be syncretic. I argue that the constraint can be derived from a particular morphosyntactic structure, where, following Borer (2005), mass nouns have the smallest structure, count nouns (found after numerals) are derived by dividing the mass into units, and plural is derived by restricting the count denotation to pluralities. The article further investigates how the relevant forms interact with case marking, and suggests that the forms should be organized into a two-dimensional paradigm space where syncretic forms occupy contiguous regions.

Links

GC21-12611J, research and development project
Name: Morfologie shody (Acronym: AgroMorph)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Russia/RFBR