Mereotopology across domains : Spatial and social collectives in Slavic

WĄGIEL, Marcin. Mereotopology across domains : Spatial and social collectives in Slavic. In Topics in Syntax and Semantics : Nominal Semantics, 26/04/2022, University of Rochester. 2022.

Basic information

Original name

Mereotopology across domains : Spatial and social collectives in Slavic

Authors

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

Edition

Topics in Syntax and Semantics : Nominal Semantics, 26/04/2022, University of Rochester, 2022

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Vyžádané přednášky

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129313

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

collective nouns; spatial collectives; social collectives; clusters; Slavic

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Abstract

V originále

In this paper, I examine a puzzling property of collective nouns that they simultaneously evoke a sense of plurality and of singularity. Based on broad cross-Slavic evidence concerning two types of derived collective nouns, I argue that this property can be explained in terms of the mereotopological notion of cluster, which represents a structured plurality that can be perceived as a higher-order unit.

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Links

GA20-16107S, research and development project

Name: Struktury část-celek napříč jazyky Investor: Czech Science Foundation