English animal zero plurals. A new explanation
The paper explores English animal zero plurals using data culled from the BNC and argues that the rarely discussed pattern is motivated by a cognitive factor. Specifically, it is argued that the use of the zero plural mirrors the inability to individuate referents in their natural habitat, i.e. the...
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Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Beiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft |
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| Online Access: | https://beitraege-contributions.pl/articles/09/01_berezowski.pdf |