Grammatical typology and frequency analysis : number availability and number use

• Autorzy: Brown D. , Corbett G. G. , Fedden S. , Hippisley A. , Marriott P.

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DOI

10.15398/jlm.v1i2.69

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The Smith-Stark hierarchy, a version of the Animacy Hierarchy, offers a typology of the cross-linguistic availability of number. The hierarchy predicts that the availability of number is not arbitrary. For any language, if the expression of plural is available to a noun, it is available to any noun of a semantic category further to the left of the hierarchy. In this article we move one step further by showing that the structure of the hierarchy can be observed in a statistical model of number use in Russian. We also investigate three co-variates: plural preference, pluralia tantum and irregularity effects; these account for an item’s behaviour being different than that solely expected from its animacy position.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

animacy hierarchy; frequency; number; Russian

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstaw Informatyki PAN
• Czasopismo: Journal of Language Modelling
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: Vol. 1, No. 2
• Strony: 227--241
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 11 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Brown D.

• University of York, United Kingdom

autor

Corbett G. G.

• University of Surrey, United Kingdom

autor

Fedden S.

• University of Surrey, United Kingdom

autor

Hippisley A.

• University of Kentucky, USA

autor

Marriott P.

• University of Waterloo, Canada

Bibliografia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2020).