Dual number and the typology of the numeral-noun construction

Martí, Luisa

doi:10.5565/rev/catjl.323

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2020

DOI: 10.5565/rev/catjl.323

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Dual number and the typology of the numeral-noun construction

Luisa Martí

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On the semantics of number morphology

Scontras

2022

Linguist and Philos

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This paper develops a semantic account of morphological number marking, specifically in the presence of numerals. In addition to accounting for number marking on basic nouns like book in English, the account handles variation in patterns of number marking along two dimensions: cross-linguistically, between languages that either necessitate or prohibit singular morphology in the presence of numerals greater than ‘one’; and within one and the same language on the various nominal elements in English. Building off the presuppositional approach to morphological number from Sauerland (Proc SALT 13:258–275, 2003), the proposed semantics accounts for both sorts of variation by assuming flexibility in the selection of the measure relevant to the one-ness presupposition of the morphological singular form.

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On the semantics of number morphology

Scontras

2022

Linguist and Philos

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Zero N: Number features and ⊥

Martí

2022

Nat Lang Semantics

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In this paper I demonstrate that there is an explanation of the number marking we see on nouns when they combine with the numeral zero which combines Martí’s (Semant. Pragmat., 2020a, 10.3765/sp.13.3) account of the morphosyntax and semantics of the numeral-noun construction with Bylinina and Nouwen’s (Glossa 3(1):98, 2018) semantics for zero and which does not need to appeal to any further principles (e.g., agreement).

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Double plural marking and the building blocks of nominals

Alexiadou

2024

Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics

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In this paper, I will discuss double plural marking found in various language mixing pairs such as Ewe English, Hiaki Spanish, Bantu English, Bantu French and Greek Turkish. I will contrast this double marking, a case of multiple exponence, to better studied cases of double marking of plurality in languages such as Amharic and Breton. I will argue that double marking can be treated uniformly as an instance of split plurality and offer an analysis within the framework of Distributed Morphology. This in turn means that there is no such thing as multiple exponence of grammatical plurality. I will then discuss why the plural, as opposed to other numbers, and why language mixing favor doubling. I will argue that double marking is favored in the context of the plural as plurality is manifold, being associated with two semantic primitives in the universal functional spine. Language mixing situations have been argued to show analyticity and thus double marking is favored in those.

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Dual number and the typology of the numeral-noun construction

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On the semantics of number morphology

On the semantics of number morphology

Zero N: Number features and ⊥

Double plural marking and the building blocks of nominals

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