The expression of "collectivity" in Romance languages An empirical analysis of nominal aspectuality with focus on French
The empirical and comparative study examines various facets of the linguistic expression of collectivity in Romance languages. Against the background of an onomasiological conception of nominal aspectuality, collection nouns are analysed with regard to their morphosyntactic and derivational properti...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2022
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| Series: | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie
472 |
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | The empirical and comparative study examines various facets of the linguistic expression of collectivity in Romance languages. Against the background of an onomasiological conception of nominal aspectuality, collection nouns are analysed with regard to their morphosyntactic and derivational properties, as well as to their diachronic paths of evolution. Special focus is laid on uncountable object mass nouns. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (317 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783110784695 9783110784589 9783110784794 |
| Access: | Open Access |