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Derived collective nouns in Slavic

WĄGIEL, Marcin

Basic information

Original name

Derived collective nouns in Slavic

Authors

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

Edition

Department of Slavic Languages, 10/11/2022, University of Göttingen, 2022

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

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129356

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

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

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International impact
Změněno: 16/1/2023 01:36, Mgr. Marcin Wągiel, Ph.D.

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.

Links

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