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Do nouns have a morphologically marked singular vs. plural distinction?
Language:
Canela
Feature:
Do nouns have a morphologically marked singular vs. plural distinction?
designed by Olga Krasnoukhova
Value:
B
Datapoint contributed by:
Olga Krasnoukhova 2013-12-22
Comment:
Plural marker is expressed by a prefix; it occurs on human nouns (cf. Alves 2004:48). See Alves (2004:48) for distinct markers for humans vs. non-human referents.
Source:
Alves 2004:48
Legal Values and Meanings:
Value
Meaning
?
Not known
A
no plural marking
B
marked by a prefix/proclitic
C
marked by a suffix
D
marked by an enclitic
E
marked by a free (not bound) marker
F
by referential elements
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