Grammatical Number in English Nouns: An empirical and theoretical account

Mark A. Wickens

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Grammatical Number in English Nouns

An empirical and theoretical account

Mark A. Wickens

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1992

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Apart from the coverage given to it in the grammars, number in English nouns has received relatively little attention, especially in the area of theoretical considerations. Guided by the principles of psychomechanics, Hirtle (1982a) put forth a fairly elaborate theory of number in English nouns. The aim of this work is to provide evidence to validate parts of Hirtle's theory, to verify some of his analyses, and to investigate several problems, some of which are mentioned in his work as subjects for further research. Specific areas treated are ailment nouns, liquid names, ending in -ings, binary objects, abstract -s, and external singulars.

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Linguistics and Semiotics Applied Linguistics Forensic Linguistics

Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
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Abbreviations and initialisms Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1. Ailment names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	33
2. Liquid names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
3. Nouns in — ings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	87
4. The names of binary objects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
5. The abstract — s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
6. The external singulars Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	175
7. Problems and prospects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
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Syntax; Theoretical linguistics; Germanic linguistics; English linguistics

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