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- Title
On the semantics of number morphology.
- Authors
Scontras, Gregory
- Abstract
This paper develops a semantic account of morphological number marking, specifically in the presence of numerals. In addition to accounting for number marking on basic nouns like book in English, the account handles variation in patterns of number marking along two dimensions: cross-linguistically, between languages that either necessitate or prohibit singular morphology in the presence of numerals greater than 'one'; and within one and the same language on the various nominal elements in English. Building off the presuppositional approach to morphological number from Sauerland (Proc SALT 13:258–275, 2003), the proposed semantics accounts for both sorts of variation by assuming flexibility in the selection of the measure relevant to the one-ness presupposition of the morphological singular form.
- Subjects
SEMANTICS; MORPHOLOGY (Grammar); PRESUPPOSITION (Logic); UNIQUENESS (Philosophy); PHILOSOPHY of language
- Publication
Linguistics & Philosophy, 2022, Vol 45, Issue 5, p1165
- ISSN
0165-0157
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10988-021-09345-8