The Plurality Split
La partición de la pluralidad
Object Details
| Subject Language | Georgian Turkish Sonsorolese Greek, Ancient Orokaiva Gudanji Kwakiutl Tongan Yoruba Tlingit Hupa Coos Tamil Omaha-Ponca Lugbara |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:254624 ailla:254640 ailla:254635 ailla:254614 ailla:254632 ailla:254626 ailla:254629 ailla:254638 ailla:254617 ailla:254637 ailla:254627 ailla:254621 ailla:254636 ailla:119832 ailla:254630 |
| Title [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Title | |
| Title | The Plurality Split |
| Language Community | |
| Country(ies) | United States |
| Place Created | Chicago, Illinois |
| Date Created | 1974 |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | Abstract. In this paper, I will define a notion of split plurality, present in many of the world's languages, whereby the feature of plurality will be shown to divide the class of nouns in a language into two types, one for which the opposition of plurality is significant, the other for which it is somehow neutralized. The examples given will show that in many ways the split does not seem to be arbitrary or language specific, but rather seems to follow a well-defined hierarchy of features based on likelihood cf participation in the speech event. |
| Genres | Article |
| Source Note | |
| References | Smith-Stark, Thomas Cedric. 1974. The plurality split. Chicago Linguistic Society 10, 657–671 |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Smith-Stark, Thomas C. (Author) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |
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