Pluralities, clusters and singulatives : A view from Ukrainian
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | In this paper, we will examine Ukrainian word formations such as hrad `hail' ~ hrad-yna `a hailstone' and volos `a hair' ~ voloss'-a `hair (as a mass)' and propose a mereotopological analysis on which the collective morpheme forms a cluster of integrated objects by introducing certain constraints on the spatial configuration of a plurality thereof. On the other hand, the singulative morpheme is an atomizer that selects for an aggregate predicate, i.e., a property of entities prototypically conceptualized as clusters, and turns it into a predicate of discrete singular integrated wholes. We show that the operations can also be applied recursively. |
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