The linguistic relevance of the distinction between spatial and
social collections

D 2022

The linguistic relevance of the distinction between spatial and social collections

WĄGIEL, Marcin

Basic information

Original name

The linguistic relevance of the distinction between spatial and social collections

Authors

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

Edition

Amherst, MA, NELS 52 : Proceedings of the Fifty-Second Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society, vol. 3, p. 201-210, 10 pp. 2022

Publisher

GLSA

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

Domovský web publikační řady NELS nakladatelství GLSA

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129291

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

979-8-3624-7446-1

Keywords in English

collective nouns; spatial collectives; social collectives; part-whole structures; mereotopology; roles

Abstract

V originále

In this paper, I examine empirical foundations for distinguishing between two types of collective nouns, namely spatial collectives such as ‘stack of plates’ and social collectives like ‘committee of experts’. I revise a battery of tests proposed in the literature to distinguish between the two. I conclude that many of those tests fail since they neglect the intervening factor of (in)animacy, but there are some diagnostics that are reliable, and thus the distinction is linguistically relevant. Finally, I demonstrate that Slavic derivational morphology is sensitive to the spatial/social distinction.

Links

GA20-16107S, research and development project

Name: Struktury část-celek napříč jazyky

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

WĄGIEL, Marcin. The linguistic relevance of the distinction between spatial and social collections. In Bakay, Özge; Pratley, Breanna; Neu, Eva; Deal, Peyton. NELS 52 : Proceedings of the Fifty-Second Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society, vol. 3. Amherst, MA: GLSA, 2022, p. 201-210. ISBN 979-8-3624-7446-1.

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WĄGIEL, Marcin. The linguistic relevance of the distinction between spatial and social collections. In Bakay, Özge; Pratley, Breanna; Neu, Eva; Deal, Peyton. \textit{NELS 52 : Proceedings of the Fifty-Second Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society, vol. 3}. Amherst, MA: GLSA, 2022, p.~201-210. ISBN~979-8-3624-7446-1.

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