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 | |
| Albanian | No | Dalina Kallulli | |
| American Sign Language | No | Natasha Abner | |
| Amharic | Yes | Girma Demeke | |
| Ancient Greek | No | Richard Faure | |
| Arabic, Gulf | No | Dimitrios Ntelitheos | |
| Bambara | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Bardi | NA | Claire Bowern | |
| Bole | No | Alhaji Gimba | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | No | Ananda Lima | |
| Bulgarian | No | Roumyana Pancheva | |
| Burmese | No | Timothy Ho | |
| Calabrian (Northern) | No | Giuseppina Silvestri | |
| Catalan | No | Victoria Mateu | |
| Chickasaw | No | Pam Munro | |
| Czech | No | Pavel Caha | |
| Dagaare | No | Adams Bodomo | |
| Dholuo | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| 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 | |
| Greek | No | Arhonto Terzi | |
| Gungbe (Porto-Novo) | Yes | Enoch Oladé Aboh | |
| Haitian | Yes | Michel DeGraff | |
| Hakka | No | Iris Wu | |
| Hausa | Yes | Michael A. Estrada | |
| Hindi | No | Gurprit Bains | |
| Hungarian | No | Anna Szabolcsi | |
| Ibibio | No | Willie Willie | |
| Icelandic | No | Jim Wood | |
| Iha | No | Mark Donohue | |
| imbabura quichua | No | UCLA Linguistics 210 | |
| Indonesian | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Iron Ossetic | No | David Erschler | |
| Italian | No | Cristina Guardiano | |
| Japanese | No | Ken Hiraiwa | |
| KiLega | No | Kasangati Kinyalolo | |
| Kiyaka | No | Lukowa Kidima | |
| 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 | |
| Maasai (Kisongo) | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Malagasy | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Malayalam | No | Mythili Menon | |
| Mandarin | No | Arthur Wang | |
| Nahuatl (Central Huasteca) | No | John Garcia | |
| Nahuatl (Classical) | No | John Garcia | |
| 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 | |
| One | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Papuan Malay | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Pashto | No | David Pate | |
| Pima | No | Marcus Smith | |
| Polish | No | Barbara Tomaszewicz | |
| Russian | No | Denis Paperno | |
| Samoan | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| San Dionisio Ocotepec Zapotec | No | George Aaron Broadwell | |
| Sandawe | No | Helen Eaton | |
| Scottish Gaelic | No | David Adger | |
| Shupamem | No | Abdoulaye Laziz Nchare | |
| 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 | |
| Thai | NA | Peter Jenks | |
| Tommo-So | No | Laura McPherson | |
| Triqui, Copala | No | George Aaron Broadwell | |
| Tukang Besi | No | Mark Donohue | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Yawa | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Yoruba | No | Johnson Folorunso Ilori | |
| Zulu | No | Claire Halpert |