CONTENTS
List of figures = xii
List of tables = xiv
Preface = xvii
List of abbreviations = xix
1 Introduction = 1
1.1 The special interest of number = 1
1.2 Comparing like with like = 3
1.3 Structure of the book = 6
1.4 Presentation = 7
2 Meaning distinctions = 9
2.1 General number = 9
2.2 Number values = 19
2.3 Number systems(the Number Hierarchy and associated problems) = 38
2.4 Languages without number = 50
2.5 Approaches in formal semantics = 51
2.6 Conclusion = 52
3 Items involved in the nominal number system = 54
3.1 The Animacy Hierarchy = 55
3.2 The hierarchy positions = 56
3.3 Marking and agreement = 66
3.4 Optionality = 70
3.5 Morphological effects = 75
3.6 Count and mass = 78
3.7 Semantic effects = 83
3.8 Conclusion = 87
4 Integrating number values and the Animacy Hierarchy = 89
4.1 Extending the Animacy Hierarchy to other number values = 90
4.2 Minor numbers = 95
4.3 Associatives = 101
4.4 Distributives and collectives = 111
4.5 Top and second systems = 120
4.6 Conclusion = 132
5 The expression of number = 133
5.1 Number words = 133
5.2 Syntax = 136
5.3 Morphology = 138
5.4 Lexical means = 155
5.5 Inverse number(and polarity) = 159
5.6 Minimal-augmented systems = 166
5.7 'Constructed' numbers = 169
5.8 Reduced expression of number = 171
5.9 Conclusion = 177
6 The syntax of number = 178
6.1 Controller versus target number = 178
6.2 The Agreement Hierarchy and 'corporate' nouns in English = 188
6.3 Associatives(syntactic) = 191
6.4 Honorifics(in Slavonic) = 193
6.5 Conjoined noun phrases = 195
6.6 Arabic(agreement with plural noun phrases) = 207
6.7 Agreement with quantified expressions(mainly in Slavonic) = 211
6.8 Constraints on agreement systems = 216
6.9 Conclusion = 218
7 Other uses of number = 219
7.1 Honorifics and related uses = 220
7.2 Unexpected feature values in coordination = 228
7.3 Special uses = 234
7.4 Conclusion = 242
8 Verbal number = 243
8.1 The geographical extent of verbal number = 245
8.2 The meaning of verbal number = 245
8.3 Locus = 251
8.4 Diagnostics for verbal number = 252
8.5 Items involved in the verbal number system = 257
8.6 Expression of verbal number = 258
8.7 Other uses = 260
8.8 Motivation for the asymmetries = 261
8.9 Conclusion = 264
9 Conclusion and new challenges = 265
9.1 Diachrony = 265
9.2 Interactions = 271
9.3 Use of number = 280
9.4 The acquisition of number = 294
9.5 The psycholinguistics of number = 295
9.6 The final note = 298
References = 299
Author index = 343
Language index = 351
Subject index = 356
