Associative forms in a typology of number systems: evidence from Yup'ik

A general typology of number systems has to confront the problem of variation both in the number values in different languages and in the inventories of nominals involved. We start from the Smith-Stark Hierarchy and extend this approach to additional numbers (such as dual and paucal). Associative pl...

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Published in:Journal of Linguistics
Main Authors: Corbett, Greville G., Mithun, Marianne
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1996
Subjects:
Linguistics and Language
Philosophy
Language and Linguistics
Yup'ik
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022226700000736 2024-04-07T07:56:27+00:00 Associative forms in a typology of number systems: evidence from Yup'ik Corbett, Greville G. Mithun, Marianne 1996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022226700000736 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022226700000736 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of Linguistics volume 32, issue 1, page 1-17 ISSN 0022-2267 1469-7742 Linguistics and Language Philosophy Language and Linguistics journal-article 1996 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022226700000736 2024-03-08T00:36:08Z A general typology of number systems has to confront the problem of variation both in the number values in different languages and in the inventories of nominals involved. We start from the Smith-Stark Hierarchy and extend this approach to additional numbers (such as dual and paucal). Associative plurals appear to undermine this typology, if we treat them as a third number. Either the associative plural or the ordinary plural proves to be exceptional. Article in Journal/Newspaper Yup'ik Cambridge University Press Journal of Linguistics 32 1 1 17
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Philosophy
Language and Linguistics
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Philosophy
Language and Linguistics
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Mithun, Marianne
Associative forms in a typology of number systems: evidence from Yup'ik
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