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Semantic plurality : English collective nouns and other ways of denoting pluralities of entities /
"This monograph proposes a comparative approach to all the ways of denoting 'more than one' entity, from collective and aggregate nouns (with the first-ever typology), to count plurals, partly substantivised adjectives and conjoined NPs. This semantic feature approach to plurality, wh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2019.
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| Colección: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ;
v. 349. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; SEMANTIC PLURALITY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Introduction: Why study semantic plurality and pluralities of entities?; 1.1 What is a plurality of entities?; 1.1.1 'Plurality' compared with 'aggregate' and 'set'; 1.1.2 Do collective nouns denote pluralities?: The concept of 'internal plurality'; 1.1.3 Do plural NPs denote pluralities?: The singularist approach; 1.1.4 List of linguistic means available to denote pluralities of entities; 1.2 Advantages of a semantic /plurality/ feature over the /number/ feature
- 1.3 Why take collective nouns as a starting point?1.3.1 Collective nouns as the problematic backbone of references to pluralities; 1.3.2 A long tradition of deceptively simple descriptions in grammars and dictionaries; 1.3.3 A number of unsolved issues in recent studies; 1.3.4 Leading questions for this volume; 1.4 A preliminary list of pre-requisites for 'collective nouns'; 1.4.1 A relation between 'units' and a 'collective whole'; 1.4.2 A plurality resulting from a grouping operation; 1.4.3 A specific type of part/whole relation; 1.4.3.1 Unprototypical meronymy
- 1.4.3.2 Collective wholes distinguished from particulate masses1.4.3.3 Meronymy distinguished from taxonomy, despite the shared notion of 'members'; 1.4.4 A /plurality/ feature at lexical level
- from whole sense to facet of meaning; 1.5 Outline of the book; Chapter 2. Hybrid agreement: Motivations, nature and constraints; 2.1 The boundary issue: Hybrid agreement as a defining feature of collective nouns?; 2.2 The nature of hybrid agreement as an argument against the status of defining feature; 2.2.1 Description of hybrid agreement with animate count collective nouns
- 2.2.2 The argument of hybrid agreement in gender systems2.2.3 Hybrid agreement as a superimposed effect of the universal Animacy Hierarchy; 2.2.4 Consequence: The singular as the default agreement pattern; 2.3 Construal with hybrid agreement: Motivation and factors of opacification; 2.3.1 Fundamental motivation: A double layer of conceptualisation; 2.3.2 Opacification factor 1: The status of default number of the singular; 2.3.3 Opacification factor 2: Differences in the behaviour of individual nouns; 2.3.4 Opacification factor 3: cross-regional differences
- 2.3.4.1 American English vs. British English2.3.4.2 Other varieties of English; 2.3.5 Opacification factor 4: Genre and stylistic variation; 2.3.6 Opacification factor 5: Assessing the hypothesis of a diachronic evolution towards more singular; 2.4 Conclusion on hybrid agreement in relation to the definition of collective nouns; Chapter 3. Establishing the boundaries of 'collective nouns' for count nouns; 3.1 Further construal characteristics of collective nouns that license hybrid agreement; 3.1.1 Cohesion of the units; 3.1.2 A bounded plurality