Chapter 6
Lexical plurals that denote pluralities of entities
Article outline
- 6.1Overview and typology of lexical plurals that denote pluralities of
entities
- 6.1.1
Crew, people and other originally count collective
nouns
- 6.1.2Morphologically-marked lexical plurals
- 6.1.2.1Nouns with a lexical plural marker -s
- 6.1.2.2Nouns with a Latin plural ending
- 6.1.2.3Remarkable lack of stability of the plural number
- 6.1.3
Cattle as an odd-one-out?
- 6.2These lexical plurals as aggregate nouns
- 6.2.1
Cattle
: An aggregate noun resulting from coercion of a singular aggregate
noun
- 6.2.2Other nouns that denote entities of different kinds
- 6.2.2.1Hyperonyms of plural classes
- 6.2.2.2Lack of interest in the individual units: Aggregate nouns
- 6.3Lexical plurals vs. N-s or singular non-count nouns: Construal and morphological attractors
- 6.3.1Preference for lexical plurals over N-s
- 6.3.2Preference for lexical plurals over non-count singular nouns
- 6.4Conclusion
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Notes