Intro -- Contents -- General Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Aims and assumptions -- 1.1 Lexical plurals as a morphosemantic concept -- 1.2 Lexicality in morphology: stems and lexemes -- 1.3 Lexicality in semantics: conceptualization -- 1.4 Lexicality in morphosyntactic structure -- 1.5 Inflection and derivation -- 1.6 Structure of the book -- Part I. A typology of lexical plurals -- 2 Varieties of non-inflectional plurals -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Lexical plurals ≠ irregular plurals -- 2.3 Lexical plurals ≠ semantically irregular plurals -- 2.4 Lexical plurals ≠ pluralia tantum -- 2.5 Lexical vs. inflectional plurals: lack of obligatoriness -- 2.6 Lexical vs. inflectional plurals: lack of generality -- 2.7 Lexical vs. inflectional plurals: lack of determinism -- 2.8 Lexical vs. inflectional plurals: semantic opacity -- 2.9 Conclusion -- 3 Plurals and morphological lexicality -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Is number lexical on all nouns? -- 3.3 Lexicality as morphosyntactic autonomy -- 3.4 Plural nouns within the base for inflection -- 3.5 Plurals as inherent class feature -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 4 The meaning of lexical plurality -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Plurality without singularity -- 4.3 Ontological categories for a semantic typology -- 4.4 Conceptual/perceptual categories -- 4.5 Plural and instantiation -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Part II. Four case studies -- 5 Italian irregular plurals in -a -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Description -- 5.3 The morphological evidence -- 5.4 The semantic evidence -- 5.5 Conclusion: plurals in -a as derived lexemes -- 6 Irish counting plurals -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Numeral constructions in Irish -- 6.3 Unit nouns and number in comparative perspective -- 6.4 The semantics of unit nouns -- 6.5 Counting plurals as unsuffixed stems -- 6.6 Irish counting plurals as inherently plural classifiers.

6.7 Conclusion: Irish counting plurals and lexical plurality -- 7 Arabic broken plurals -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 BPs in Arabic and its dialects -- 7.3 The lexicality of BPs -- 7.4 Derived stems in an inflectional paradigm -- 7.5 Number, collectives, and the semantics of BPs -- 7.6 Conclusion: BPs and lexical plurality -- 8 The system of Breton plural nouns -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Breton plurals between inflection and word formation -- 8.3 The grammatical relevance of part structure -- 8.4 'Collectives' and plural morphology -- 8.5 Conclusion: the peculiarity of Breton plurals -- 9 Conclusion: Plurals and lexicality -- 9.1 Lexical and grammatical knowledge -- 9.2 Lexemic plurals -- 9.3 Inherently plural stems -- 9.4 Lexical and constructional knowledge -- 9.5 Concluding remarks -- References -- Index of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Language Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- G -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U.

This book explores the wide variety of cases in which the plural of nouns is lexical. Using tools from formal semantics and theoretical morphology, Dr Acquaviva analyzes the countless number of examples of word-dependent irregularities in the form and meaning of plural, and in doing so sheds light on the relation between grammar and the lexicon.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.