Silva Nurmio
List of John Benjamins publications for which Silva Nurmio plays a role.
Articles
2017 The development and typology of number suppletion in adjectives Diachronica 34:2, pp. 127–174 | Article
This paper looks at the cross-linguistically rare phenomenon of number suppletion in adjectives. I consider how such suppletion arises by looking at six known examples with a special focus on the Brittonic languages (Breton, Cornish and Welsh), which are discussed as an extended case study.… read more
2016 The rise and fall of a minor category: The case of the Welsh numerative Journal of Historical Linguistics 6:2, pp. 297–339 | Article
Some languages use a special form of the noun, a “numerative”, after some or all numerals. In such languages, a distinct numerative is typically not available for all nouns, but rather only for a small subset, forming a morphological “minor category” (Corbett 2000). We examine how such a system… read more