N2 08_Definite NP (Num N, N Num) contains a Plural marker, but Indefinite NP does not
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| General Note: How do definite and indefinite noun numeral combinations differ in form? This is the fourth of seven... To set these, use the examples for the specific contexts in N2 01 through N2 04. Check as many "yes" values as applicable. If in doubt, just leave the property value(s) unset, and contact us via email. This property is set to "yes" if the definite NP (Num N, N Num) contains a Plural marker, but the indefinite (Num N, N Num) does not. Examples. 1. English is “no” for this property, as the definite and indefinite noun phrases are not distinguished in this respect: There are three posters on the wall The three posters are funny 2. Bambara is “yes” for this property, as there the plural u/w only occurs in definite noun phrases. misi fila bè ne fè cow two is I with I have two cows misi fila w cows two PL the two cows 3. Gungbe is “yes". The plural lɛ́ must appear in the definite noun context, but cannot appear in indefinites: a. Definite: Wémà ɛ̀nɛ̀ lɛ́ ( lɔ́ ) kò wá letter four PL (Det) already come 'The four letters have already arrived.' b.Indefinite: Kpɔ́n! vì àwè tò àlìò jí look child two LOC road on 'Look! There are two children on the road.' (Example provided by Enoch Aboh.) |
| Contributed by: Hilda Koopman |
| Language | Value | Contributor | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| =Hoan | No | Chris Collins | |
| Acehnese | No | Julie Legate | |
| Afrikaans | No | Theresa Biberauer | |
| Akan-twi | No | AUGUSTINA OWUSU | |
| Albanian | No | Dalina Kallulli | |
| American Sign Language | No | Natasha Abner | |
| Amharic | Yes | Girma Demeke | |
| Ancient Greek | No | Richard Faure | |
| + Arabic, Gulf | No | Dimitrios Ntelitheos | |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Yes | Sona Haroutyunian | |
| Babanki | No | Pius Akumbu | |
| Bafut | No | Pius Tamanji | |
| Bambara | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Bandial | No | Wolfgang Berndt | |
| Bardi | NA | Claire Bowern | |
| Basaa | No | Paul Roger Bassong | |
| Bole | No | Alhaji Gimba | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | No | Ananda Lima | |
| Bulgarian | No | Roumyana Pancheva | |
| Burmese | No | Timothy Ho | |
| Calabrian (Northern) | No | Giuseppina Silvestri | |
| Cantonese (Guangzhou) | No | Zixian Qiu | |
| Catalan | No | Victoria Mateu | |
| Chickasaw | No | Pam Munro | |
| Cypriot Greek | No | Marios Andreou | |
| Czech | No | Pavel Caha | |
| Dagaare | No | Adams Bodomo | |
| Danish | No | Fabricio M. F. Gerardi | |
| Dholuo | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Dida Lakota (diéko) | No | Gohon Fabienne Stéphanie Attéby | |
| Digo | No | Steve Nicolle | |
| Digor Ossetic | No | David Erschler | |
| Dutch | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Eastern Armenian | Yes | Karine Megerdoomian | |
| English | No | Katie Redderson-Lear | |
| English (Singapore) | Yes | Adam Chong | |
| Faroese | No | Hjalmar Páll Petersen | |
| Finnish | No | Anders Holmberg | |
| French | No | Vincent Homer | |
| Frisian (West Frisian) | No | Jarich Hoekstra | |
| Ga | No | Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu | |
| galician | No | Naír García | |
| Garifuna | No | Pam Munro | |
| georgian | No | Lea Nash | |
| German | No | Viola Schmitt | |
| Gothic | No | Fabricio M. F. Gerardi | |
| Greek | No | Arhonto Terzi | |
| Greek (Calabria) | No | Cristina Guardiano | |
| Greek (Cappadocian) | No | Petros Karatsareas | |
| Greek (Homer) | No | Cristina Guardiano | |
| Greek (Medieval) | No | Io Manolessou | |
| Greek (Pontic) | No | Cristina Guardiano and Dimitris Michelioudakis | |
| Guébie | No | Hannah Sande | |
| Gungbe (Porto-Novo) | Yes | Enoch Oladé Aboh | |
| Haitian | Yes | Michel DeGraff | |
| Hakka | No | Iris Wu | |
| Hausa | Yes | Michael A. Estrada | |
| Hebrew | No | Ur Shlonsky | possible in archaisms, e.g., the biblical flood lasted 'forty day and forty night. |
| + Hebrew (Biblical) | No | Massimo Gargiulo | |
| Hindi | No | Gurprit Bains | |
| Hungarian | No | Anna Szabolcsi | |
| Ibibio | No | Willie Willie | |
| Icelandic | No | Jim Wood | |
| Igbo | No | Mary Amaechi | |
| Iha | No | Mark Donohue | |
| imbabura quichua | No | UCLA Linguistics 210 | |
| Indonesian | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Iron Ossetic | No | David Erschler | |
| Italian | No | Cristina Guardiano | |
| Italian (Napoletano Antico) | No | Adam Ledgeway | |
| Italian (Reggiano) | No | Giovanni Roversi | |
| Japanese | No | Ken Hiraiwa | |
| K'iche' | No | Pam Munro | |
| KiLega | No | Kasangati Kinyalolo | |
| Kinande | No | Patricia Schneider-Zioga and Philip Mutaka | |
| Kiyaka | No | Lukowa Kidima | |
| Kom | No | Richard Kwamong | |
| Korean | No | Grace Lee | |
| Kuot | No | Eva Lindström | |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | No | Yadgar Karimi | |
| Kusunda | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Laal | No | Florian Lionnet | |
| Lango | No | Arwa Rangwala | |
| Latin | No | Fabricio M. F. Gerardi | |
| Latin (Late) | No | Chiara Gianollo | |
| Maasai (Kisongo) | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Mada | No | Bebey Théodore | |
| Malagasy | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Malayalam | No | Mythili Menon | |
| + Mandarin | No | Arthur Wang | |
| Moroccan Arabic | No | Arwa Rangwala | |
| Muyang | No | Bebey Théodore | |
| Nahuatl (Central Huasteca) | No | John Garcia | |
| Nahuatl (Classical) | No | John Garcia | |
| nda'nda' | Yes | Christelle Niguieu Toukam | |
| Neapolitan | No | Giuseppe Samo | |
| Nepali | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Norwegian | No | Marit Julien | |
| Nupe | No | Jason Kandybowicz | |
| Nweh | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Okinawan | No | Ken Hiraiwa | |
| Old English | No | Willem Koopman | |
| Old French | No | Heather Burnett | |
| Old Norse | No | Fabricio M. F. Gerardi | |
| Old Saxon | No | George Walkden | |
| Oluwanga | No | Dimitrios Ntelitheos | |
| Oluwanga (Eji) | No | Ceciliane Odangah | |
| One | No | Mark Donohue | |
| panjabi | NA | Gurprit Bains | |
| Papuan Malay | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Pashto | No | David Pate | |
| Pima | No | Marcus Smith | |
| Polish | No | Barbara Tomaszewicz | |
| Portuguese | No | Fabricio M. F. Gerardi | |
| Romanian | No | Monica Alexandrina Irimia | |
| Russian | No | Denis Paperno | |
| Samoan | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| San Dionisio Ocotepec Zapotec | No | George Aaron Broadwell | |
| Sandawe | No | Helen Eaton | |
| Sasak | No | Nur Ahmadi and Eli Asikin-Garmager | |
| Scottish Gaelic | No | David Adger | |
| Shupamem | No | Abdoulaye Laziz Nchare | |
| + Sicilian | No | Cristina Guardiano | |
| Skou | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Spanish | No | Victoria Mateu | |
| + Swedish | No | fredrik heinat | |
| Swiss German | No | Cecile Meier | |
| + Tagalog | No | Edith Aldridge | Both definite and indefinite NPs can take the plural marker 'mga'. But the plural marker does not generally co-occur with a numeral. If it does, then a proximate reading is obtained instead of plurality. |
| Taiwanese Southern Min | No | Arthur Wang | |
| + Teramano | No | Iara Mantenuto | |
| Thai | NA | Peter Jenks | |
| Tommo-So | No | Laura McPherson | |
| Triqui, Copala | No | George Aaron Broadwell | |
| Tukang Besi | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Tuki (Tukombo) | No | Edmond Biloa | |
| Tupi (Ancient) | No | Fabricio M. F. Gerardi | |
| Turkish | No | Murat Kural | no plural marker occurs with numerals with or without definiteness. Plural is only allowed if there is no numeral |
| Tuvan | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Twi | No | Cansada Martin | |
| Ukrainian | No | Roksolana Mykhaylyk | |
| Vata | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Vietnamese | No | Binh Ngo | |
| Vlaški-Žejanski-Istro-Romanian | No | Zvjezdana Vrzic | |
| West Flemish | No | Liliane Haegeman | |
| Western Armenian | Yes | Hrayr Khanjian | |
| Wolof | Yes | Mariame Sy | |
| Wuhu Chinese | No | Zhuo Chen | |
| Xhosa | No | Xiujie Ma | |
| Yémba | No | Elsie Mawamba | |
| Yawa | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Yoruba | No | Johnson Folorunso Ilori | |
| Zamboageño Chabacano | No | Grace Gaspardo | |
| Zulu | No | Claire Halpert |