Lexical plurals [[electronic resource] ] : a morphosemantic approach / / Paolo Acquaviva

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453072303321
• Autore: Acquaviva Paolo <1967->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-82569-7; 9786611825690; 0-19-153862-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Collana: Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; ; 20
• Disciplina: 415/.5
• Soggetti: Grammar, Comparative and general - Noun; Grammar, Comparative and general - Number; Semantics; Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 2.5 Lexical vs. inflectional plurals: lack of obligatoriness2.6 Lexical vs. inflectional plurals: lack of generality; 2.7 Lexical vs. inflectional plurals: lack of determinism; 2.8 Lexical vs. inflectional plurals: semantic opacity; 2.9 Conclusion; 3 Plurals and morphological lexicality; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Is number lexical on all nouns?; 3.3 Lexicality as morphosyntactic autonomy; 3.4 Plural nouns within the base for inflection; 3.5 Plurals as inherent class feature; 3.6 Conclusion; 4 The meaning of lexical plurality; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Plurality without singularity; 4.3 Ontological categories for a semantic typology4.4 Conceptual/perceptual categories; 4.5 Plural and instantiation; 4.6 Conclusion; Part II. Four case studies; 5 Italian irregular plurals in -a; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Description; 5.3 The morphological evidence; 5.4 The semantic evidence; 5.5 Conclusion: plurals in -a as derived lexemes; 6 Irish counting plurals; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Numeral constructions in Irish; 6.3 Unit nouns and number in comparative perspective; 6.4 The semantics of unit nouns; 6.5 Counting plurals as ; unsuffixed stems; 6.6 Irish counting plurals as inherently plural classifiers6.7 Conclusion: Irish counting plurals and lexical plurality; 7 Arabic broken plurals; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 BPs in Arabic and its dialects; 7.3 The lexicality of BPs; 7.4 Derived stems in an inflectional paradigm; 7.5 Number, collectives, and the semantics of BPs; 7.6 Conclusion: BPs and lexical plurality; 8 The system of Breton plural nouns; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Breton plurals between inflection and word formation; 8.3 The grammatical relevance of part structure; 8.4 'Collectives' and plural morphology; 8.5 Conclusion: the peculiarity of Breton plurals9 Conclusion: Plurals and lexicality; 9.1 Lexical and grammatical knowledge; 9.2 Lexemic plurals; 9.3 Inherently plural stems; 9.4 Lexical and constructional knowledge; 9.5 Concluding remarks; References; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Language Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; G; I; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the wide variety of cases in which the plural of nouns is lexical. Using tools from formal semantics and theoretical morphology, Dr Acquaviva analyzes the countless number of examples of word-dependent irregularities in the form and meaning of plural, and in doing so sheds light on the relation between grammar and the lexicon.