2023
Pluralities, clusters and singulatives : A view from Ukrainian
WĄGIEL, Marcin and Natalia SHLIKHUTKABasic information
Original name
Pluralities, clusters and singulatives : A view from Ukrainian
Authors
WĄGIEL, Marcin and Natalia SHLIKHUTKA
Edition
Generative Linguistics in the Old World 46 (GLOW 46), 12/04/2023, University of Vienna, 2023
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Presentations at conferences
Field of Study
60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher
Austria
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
References:
Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English
collective nouns; spatial collectives; singulatives; clusters; mereotopology; Slavic; Ukrainian
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 22/2/2024 15:57, doc. Mgr. Markéta Ziková, Ph.D.
Abstract
In the original language
In this paper, we will examine Ukrainian word formations such as hrad `hail' ~ hrad-yna `a hailstone' and volos `a hair' ~ voloss'-a `hair (as a mass)' and propose a mereotopological analysis on which the collective morpheme forms a cluster of integrated objects by introducing certain constraints on the spatial configuration of a plurality thereof. On the other hand, the singulative morpheme is an atomizer that selects for an aggregate predicate, i.e., a property of entities prototypically conceptualized as clusters, and turns it into a predicate of discrete singular integrated wholes. We show that the operations can also be applied recursively.
Links
| MUNI/A/1249/2022, interní kód MU |
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