Plurality and Its Syntactic Realization

• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Young-Wha Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제19권 제1호, 33~58쪽, 전체 26쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2009.02.28

영문 초록

This paper discusses the differences between classifier and non-classifier languages in describing the plurality of 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 to be equivalent to mass nouns in the lexicon, and that the behavior of numeration is realized differently in syntax between the classifier and non-classifier languages. Classifier and non-classifier languages differ in their syntactic realization of plurality, but it is true that both types of languages contain 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/plural in the lexicon. Countability is the realization of the feature

in Borer (2005)’s term.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Bare Nouns of the classifier vs. non-classifier languages

3. Classifiers and the Plural Markers

4. Conclusion

References

키워드

classifier vs. non-classifier languages plural marker number agreement mass nouns count nouns classifiers partitives feature checking listeme

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