Lexical Plurals: A Morphosemantic Approach

Introduction PART I: A TYPOLOGY OF LEXICAL PLURALS 1. Varieties of Non-Inflectional Plurals 2. Plurals and Morphological Lexicality 3. The Meaning(s) of Lexical Plurality PART II: FOUR CASE STUDIES 4. Italian Irregular Plurals in -a 5. Irish Counting Plurals 6. Arabic Broken Plurals 7. The System of Breton Plural Nouns PART III: 8. Theoretical Conclusions Concluding Remarks

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