LEADER 04669nam 22006974a 450 001 9910453072303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-82569-7 010 $a9786611825690 010 $a0-19-153862-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000555302 035 $a(EBL)415488 035 $a(OCoLC)437093802 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000191692 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11172097 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191692 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10186630 035 $a(PQKB)10765605 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415488 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415488 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10254353 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL182569 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000555302 100 $a20071113d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLexical plurals$b[electronic resource] $ea morphosemantic approach /$fPaolo Acquaviva 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 225 1 $aOxford studies in theoretical linguistics ;$v20 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-953421-7 311 $a0-19-953422-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and indexes. 327 $a2.5 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 327 $a4.3 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 327 $a6.6 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 327 $a8.5 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 330 $aThis book explores the wide variety of cases in which the plural of nouns is lexical. Using tools from formal semantics and theoretical morphology, Dr Acquaviva analyzes the countless number of examples of word-dependent irregularities in the form and meaning of plural, and in doing so sheds light on the relation between grammar and the lexicon. 410 0$aOxford studies in theoretical linguistics ;$v20. 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xNoun 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xNumber 606 $aSemantics 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xMorphology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general$xNoun. 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general$xNumber. 615 0$aSemantics. 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general$xMorphology. 676 $a415/.5 700 $aAcquaviva$b Paolo$f1967-$0749254 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453072303321 996 $aLexical plurals$92147903 997 $aUNINA