Diminutive-formation in German

Ott, Dennis

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“…Thus, this paper makes a contribution in clarifying what type of plural can or cannot co‐occur with a classifier. By proposing a modifier approach of plural –men , this paper also provides support for recent theoretical views that the syntax of plural markers differs for languages across the world (Acquaviva 2008, Harbour 2008, 2011, Wiltschko 2008, 2012, Ott 2011, Butler 2011, Mathieu 2012, Mathieu & Zareikar 2015, Kim & Melchin 2018a, b) – they can be heads, modifiers, or realize a head different from that realized by a classifier.…”

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“…In doing so, this paper provides novel theoretical, as well as empirical, support to recent proposals on the syntax of plurals, where a plural marker can be a modifier, not a head (Wiltschko 2008, Butler 2011, Kim & Melchin 2018a). Furthermore, it provides support for proposals where the syntax of plural markers is not identical, but varied (e.g., Acquaviva 2008, Harbour 2008, 2012, Wiltschko 2008, 2012, Mathieu 2012, Otto 2011, Mathieu & Zareikar 2015, Kim & Melchin 2018a, b).…”

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Variation in the Syntax of Plural Markers: The Case From Plural –Menin Mandarin

Kim

Meng

2021

Studia Linguistica

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This paper provides a novel analysis of plural marker –men in Mandarin as a modifier: –men does not realize a head such as Num(ber); rather, it adjoins to a DP in the nominal structure. The proposed analysis can account for defining properties of –men as a modifier, such as the interpretation of a bare noun with respect to –men, lack of agreement, co‐occurrence with a classifier, and so on, which cannot be accounted for by the previous approaches that view –men as realizing a head, such as Num, in the nominal projection. The consequences of this paper support the recent view that the syntax of plural markers is not homogeneous but heterogeneous.

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Variation in the Syntax of Plural Markers: The Case From Plural –Menin Mandarin

Kim

Meng

2021

Studia Linguistica

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“…Additionally, the suffix -chen can turn a mass noun into a count noun, thus functioning as a classifier, as in example 10b. Wiltschko (2006) considers this classificatory function of the suffix as evidence for its head properties (also see Ott 2011). For instance, in example 10a, the noun Wein 'wine' is a mass noun.…”

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Expressives Across Languages: Form/Function Correlation

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2016

Annu. Rev. Linguist.

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This article presents a review of works on expressive linguistic objects in the Principles and Parameters framework ( Chomsky 1995a , b ; 2001 ). It discusses case studies of expressives in Russian, German, Halkomelem, Maale, Walman (Valman), Kolyma Yukaghir, Itelmen, Tongan, and Spanish, as well as in Breton and Yiddish. The article demonstrates that two semantic types (size and attitude) of expressives correspond to a great variety of syntactic structures across languages, as well as within a single language (e.g., Russian). It shows that there is no direct one-to-one correlation between the form and function of expressives, which has important implications for the syntactic–semantic mapping of categorization ( Wiltschko 2008 , 2014 ). This review is of interest to theoretical linguists, language-area specialists, and language typologists. It is also relevant to the fields of education and endangered Aboriginal language documentation, maintenance, and revitalization, as one-third of languages investigated here are endangered and on the verge of extinction (e.g., Halkomelem, Itelmen, Kolyma Yukaghir, Walman).

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Number Names

Corver

Tatsumi

2023

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Morphology

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Knowledge of number names is a subpart of our knowledge of language. This entry discusses various components of this knowledge, placing a special focus on the internal structure of number names and on their morphological marking. The following issues are addressed: the categorial nature of number names; the computational system underlying the formation of complex number names; the structural position of (components of) number names; the various morphophonological and morphosyntactic operations that are operative on numerals such as suppletion, contraction, and (c)overtness of functional heads; the formation of ordinals and the formation of counting numerals. The phenomenon of number names is considered from a comparative‐linguistic perspective: number names from both classifier languages and non‐classifier languages (macro‐variation) are discussed. Furthermore, certain formal phenomena related to number names are discussed from a cross‐dialectal (microvariation) and intra‐linguistic perspective. At a more general level, this chapter aims to show that there is a system of rules – a grammar – that underlies the formation of number names in human language.

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Diminutive-formation in German

Cited by 57 publications

References 43 publications

Variation in the Syntax of Plural Markers: The Case From Plural –Menin Mandarin

Variation in the Syntax of Plural Markers: The Case From Plural –Menin Mandarin

Expressives Across Languages: Form/Function Correlation

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