Dual number and the typology of the numeral-noun construction

• Martí, Luisa ^[1]
  1. [1] Queen Mary University of London

     Queen Mary University of London

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: Catalan journal of linguistics, ISSN-e 2014-9719, ISSN 1695-6885, Vol. 19, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Gender and number in the nominal domain), págs. 159-198
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5565/rev/catjl.323
• Títulos paralelos:
  • El nombre dual i la tipologia de la construcció numeral-nom
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    En aquest article estableixo el marc teòric per a una ampliació de la teoria de Martí (2020a) de la construcció numeral+nom (p. ex., l’anglès three dogs ‘tres gossos’) a llengües que al domini nominal fan una distinció entre singular, dual i plural. La proposta de Martí planteja la hipòtesi que el marcatge de nombre que veiem en els noms d’aquesta construcció és el resultat de la interacció entre la semàntica composicional dels trets de nombre, segons la concepció de Harbour (2014), i la dels numerals cardinals, segons la concepció de Scontras (2014) i d’altres. Més endavant argumento que el yimas i el hopi confirmen de manera exacta les prediccions que aquesta ampliació fa per a les llengües amb singular-dual-plural. També argumento que les llengües com l’imere i l’eslovè de Ljubljana també s’ajusten a les prediccions si entenem abans el funcionament dels numerals complexos (en l’eslovè de Ljubljana) i els prefixos de nombre (en imere). Per a la meva anàlisi dels numerals complexos de l’eslovè de Ljubljana adopto i adapto idees de l’anàlisi de Ionin i Matushansky (2006, 2018) dels numerals complexos.

  • English

    In this paper I propose an extension of Martí’s (2020a) theory of the numeral+noun construction (e.g., English three dogs) to languages whose nouns distinguish singular, dual and plural. Martí hypothesizes that the number marking of nouns in this construction is the result of the interaction between the compositional semantics of number features, as in Harbour (2014), and that of cardinal numerals, as in Scontras (2014) and others. I argue below that Yimas and Hopi conform straightforwardly to the predictions such an extension makes for singular-dual-plural languages. I also argue that languages like Imere and Ljubljana Slovenian conform to the predictions once a proper understanding of complex numerals (in Ljubljana Slovenian) and number prefixes (in Imere) is in place. I borrow and adapt ideas from Ionin & Matushansky’s (2006, 2018) analysis of complex numerals in my analysis of Ljubljana Slovenian complex numerals.

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