Plurality and Its Syntactic Realization - Plurals in Classifier vs. Non-Classifier Languages -
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This paper discusses the differences between classifier and non-classifier languages in describing the plurality of noun phrases (NPs/DPs), but aims to disclose the universal principle based in the concept of plurality in both types of languages. We claim that all the common nouns/nominals are basically plural and can be regarded as equivalent to mass in the lexicon, and that the behavior ofnumeration is realized differently in syntax between the classifier and non-classifier languages. Classifier and non-classifier languages differ in their syntactic realization of plurality, butit is true that both types of languages bear mass nouns. Mass nouns can be checked for their singularity/plurality though they may indicate the indivisible material as a whole. In other words, mass nouns can also be counted by means of partitives, such as a glass of, a kilo of, a sheet of, and others. Therefore, we claim that all nouns are mass or plural in the lexicon. Countability is the realization of the feature <div> in Borer (2005)’s term.
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This paper discusses the differences between classifier and non-classifier languages in describing the plurality of noun phrases (NPs/DPs), but aims to disclose the universal principle based in the concept of plurality in both types of languages. We claim that all the common nouns/nominals are basically plural and can be regarded as equivalent to mass in the lexicon, and that the behavior ofnumeration is realized differently in syntax between the classifier and non-classifier languages. Classifier and non-classifier languages differ in their syntactic realization of plurality, butit is true that both types of languages bear mass nouns. Mass nouns can be checked for their singularity/plurality though they may indicate the indivisible material as a whole. In other words, mass nouns can also be counted by means of partitives, such as a glass of, a kilo of, a sheet of, and others. Therefore, we claim that all nouns are mass or plural in the lexicon. Countability is the realization of the feature <div> in Borer (2005)’s term.
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