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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Main Author: Leszek Berezowski
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT 2021-03-01
Series:Beiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft
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Online Access:https://beitraege-contributions.pl/articles/09/01_berezowski.pdf
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