10 Number in Nganasan
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Valentin Gusev
Abstract
Nganasan (Samoyedic < Uralic) has a system of three numbers: singular, dual and plural, which are marked on all nominals for the object itself and, in the possessive forms, for the possessor. In the inflection, the three numbers are marked in all cases with the dual partly analytical. With paired objects, plural occurs more often than dual; in other cases when there are two objects, the dual is obligatory. Non-singular forms can have an associative reading. Numerals can also be in the plural, either referring to sets of objects or indicating an approximate quantity. Verbs have aspectual derivations which mark plurality of actions or arguments, such as iteratives, multiplicatives and so on. After numerals, nouns are used in the singular (except when the numeral itself is in the plural). Adjectives agree in number with their heads. Verbs agree in number with their subjects and, under certain circumstances, with the object.
Abstract
Nganasan (Samoyedic < Uralic) has a system of three numbers: singular, dual and plural, which are marked on all nominals for the object itself and, in the possessive forms, for the possessor. In the inflection, the three numbers are marked in all cases with the dual partly analytical. With paired objects, plural occurs more often than dual; in other cases when there are two objects, the dual is obligatory. Non-singular forms can have an associative reading. Numerals can also be in the plural, either referring to sets of objects or indicating an approximate quantity. Verbs have aspectual derivations which mark plurality of actions or arguments, such as iteratives, multiplicatives and so on. After numerals, nouns are used in the singular (except when the numeral itself is in the plural). Adjectives agree in number with their heads. Verbs agree in number with their subjects and, under certain circumstances, with the object.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of authors ix
- 1 Number in the World’s Languages: Configuring the variation space 1
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I Africa
- 2 Number in Eastern Dan 27
- 3 Number marking in Karko and Nilo-Saharan 63
- 4 Number in Tswana 107
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II Europe and Middle East
- 5 Number in Arabic 131
- 6 Number in Occitan 167
- 7 Number in Slovenian 187
- 8 Number in West Circassian 261
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III Northern Eurasia
- 9 Number in Ket (Yeniseian) 307
- 10 Number in Nganasan 351
- 11 Number in Nivkh 375
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IV Pacific and Australia
- 12 Number in Gooniyandi 427
- 13 Number in Indonesian 457
- 14 Number in Japonic Family 505
- 15 Number in the Languages of the Lower Sepik Family 529
- 16 Number in Marori 577
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V Americas
- 17 Number in the languages of South America 609
- 18 The category of number in Kakataibo (Panoan) 671
- 19 Grammatical simplexity: Number in Kiowa 693
- 20 Number in Mohawk (Iroquoian) 729
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VI Further perspectives on linguistic diversity
- 21 Contact languages: A survey 767
- 22 Number in Russian Sign Language 805
- 23 Number in grammar: results and perspectives 833
- Terms 911
- Languages and language families 917
- Authors 927
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of authors ix
- 1 Number in the World’s Languages: Configuring the variation space 1
-
I Africa
- 2 Number in Eastern Dan 27
- 3 Number marking in Karko and Nilo-Saharan 63
- 4 Number in Tswana 107
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II Europe and Middle East
- 5 Number in Arabic 131
- 6 Number in Occitan 167
- 7 Number in Slovenian 187
- 8 Number in West Circassian 261
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III Northern Eurasia
- 9 Number in Ket (Yeniseian) 307
- 10 Number in Nganasan 351
- 11 Number in Nivkh 375
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IV Pacific and Australia
- 12 Number in Gooniyandi 427
- 13 Number in Indonesian 457
- 14 Number in Japonic Family 505
- 15 Number in the Languages of the Lower Sepik Family 529
- 16 Number in Marori 577
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V Americas
- 17 Number in the languages of South America 609
- 18 The category of number in Kakataibo (Panoan) 671
- 19 Grammatical simplexity: Number in Kiowa 693
- 20 Number in Mohawk (Iroquoian) 729
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VI Further perspectives on linguistic diversity
- 21 Contact languages: A survey 767
- 22 Number in Russian Sign Language 805
- 23 Number in grammar: results and perspectives 833
- Terms 911
- Languages and language families 917
- Authors 927
