In:A Theory of Distributed Number:
Myriam Dali and Eric Mathieu
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 269] 2021
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 16 August 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.269.toc
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Table of contents
List of tablesvii
Prefaceix
Abbreviationsxi
Chapter 1.Introduction1
1.1Goal1
1.2Theoretical assumptions3
1.3Paucity10
1.4Clusivity11
1.5Research questions and hypotheses16
1.6Overview of the book24
Chapter 2.The nP domain27
2.1Introduction27
2.2Collectives27
2.3Bare nouns34
2.4Lexical plurals35
2.5Conclusion37
Chapter 3.The lower NumP domain39
3.1Introduction39
3.2Singulars39
3.3Singulatives41
3.4Plurals47
3.4.1The sound plural48
3.4.2The broken plural49
3.4.3Sound plurals and broken plurals are on Num57
3.5Duals59
3.6Conclusion60
Chapter 4.The higher NumP domain
61
4.1Introduction61
4.2Plural of the singulative63
4.3Contrasting plurals70
4.4Conclusion78
Chapter 5.Broken plurals and interpretation79
5.1Introduction79
5.2Agreement mismatches in Arabic: A puzzle79
5.3Zabbal (2002)83
5.4Broken plurals are hybrid nouns86
5.5Conclusion101
Chapter 6.Bare plurals
103
6.1Introduction103
6.2General number and plurality: A puzzle104
6.3Atomization and renominalization106
6.4Conclusion111
Chapter 7.Number and diachrony
113
7.1Introduction113
7.2Distributed Morphology and diachrony116
7.3The analysis121
7.4Conclusion135
Chapter 8.Conclusions
137
Bibliography
139
Index
151
