Nouns

Question 1

semantic subclassification

Answer 1

concrete vs abstract
animate vs non-animate
human vs non-human
common vs proper
count(able) vs non-count(able)
collective vs non-collecte

Question 2

grammatical subclassification

Answer 2

number, case & gender

Question 3

distributive plural

Answer 3

nouns with 2 or more Pre/Postmodifiers coordinated by and and with which a distributive notion is assiociated
f. ex.: The Reigns of Elizabeth and James

Question 4

Partitives

Answer 4

to refer to the quantity of uncountable nouns. Distinction between General partitives (a piece, a bit, an item …) & Typical partitives (two paris, a slice, a lump …)

Question 5

Zero Plural

Answer 5

= Base Plural
Nouns that do not change form in the plural (animals in collective sense, nationality/ethnic/tribal names, certain words ending in /s/ of /z/ (oats, headquarters …)

Question 6

Concord

Answer 6

= concord of number
Agreement in number between Subject NP and Predicator VP

Question 7

General agreement rule

Answer 7

Plural Subject NP requires a plural verb, singular Subject NP a singular verb; plural noun has a plural determiner, singular noun has a singular determiner

Question 8

Invariable nouns

Answer 8

Nouns that have the same, invariable form for both singular and plural. Some always take a singular verb, some always a plural, some can take both.

Question 9

Plural-only nouns

Answer 9

Nouns that have no singular counterpart (f. ex. clothes)
(invariable nouns)

Question 10

bipartites

Answer 10

= summation plurals
Tools and articles of dress consisting of two equal parts
(f. ex. scissors, pyjamas)
(invariable nouns)

Question 11

aggregate nouns

Answer 11

Umbrella terms for groups of entities that are not similar
(f. ex. clothes, dishes, groceries …)
(invariable nouns)

Question 12

Unmarked plurals

Answer 12

Invariable nouns with a collective meaning
(f. ex. cattle, people, poultry, youth)

Question 13

unmarked case

Answer 13

= common case
(every case but genitive)

Question 14

marked case

Answer 14

= genitive case

Question 15

bare genitive

Answer 15

genitive that is formed by only adding an <’ >
(regular plural nouns, fixed expressions, Greek, Latin, religious & literary proper names ending in <s></s>

Question 16

elliptic genitive

Answer 16

genitive constructions where the Head of the NP is left out (but expressed elsewhere in the context)

Question 17

local genitive

Answer 17

fixed expressions denoting places with a genitive

Question 18

double genitive

Answer 18

an of-construction is combined with a genitive form
(f. ex. the book of my sister’s)