In:Semantic Plurality: English collective nouns and other ways of denoting pluralities of entities
Laure Gardelle
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 349] 2019
► pp. 103–132
Chapter 4A comparison between NPs headed by count collective nouns and NPs whose
/plurality/ feature is acquired in discourse
Published online: 7 November 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.349.c4
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.349.c4
Article outline
- 4.1NPs headed by a count noun in the plural
- 4.1.1The morphosyntactic plural: Discourse feature or component of lexical matter?
- 4.1.2Construal of pluralities when the plural morpheme is -s: Distinction between collective and cohesive
- 4.1.3Construal of pluralities with the zero plural morpheme: A form of collectivisation?
- 4.1.3.1ø as a morpheme: (These) elephant, aspirin, (ten) crew and others
- 4.1.3.2The result of two different coercion processes: Rejection of the notion of internal plural
- 4.1.3.3These pluralities are not collective – resulting labels
- 4.2Other ways of denoting pluralities of units through discourse-acquired
features
- 4.2.1Conjoined NPs
- 4.2.2Partly substantivised adjectives
- 4.2.2.1A four-stage gradient of nominalisation
- 4.2.2.2The result of pressure to categorise individuals
- 4.2.2.3What construal of the pluralities? A gradient from aggregates to groupings
- 4.2.2.4Competing solutions for the same adjectives
- 4.2.3Quantifier + singular count noun
- 4.3Conclusion
Notes
