Chapter 4
A comparison between NPs headed by count collective nouns and NPs whose
/plurality/ feature is acquired in discourse
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
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