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Our paper discusses different patterns of plural marking in N(oun)A(djective)/A(djective)N(oun)-combinations  in phonic French. We first show, based on previous observations, that French has incomplete plural agreement in  complex nominal phrases and that there is a striking asymmetry between AN-combinations (plural marking on the  determiner and prenominal adjectives via  liaison , where possible) and NA-combinations (usually,  only plural marking on the determiner and infrequent  liaison  between N and postnominal A).  In order to understand this discrepancy, we have analyzed all the occurrences of AN and NA in two French corpora  and found a strong tendency for  liaison  in NA only to appear systematically and independently from  register variation in “proper-name like” expressions such as  Jeux Olympiques  ‘Olympic Games’  ([ʒøzolɛ̃pik]). In a third step, we discuss this empirical finding and consider it synchronically as a case of  morphophonological “proper name marking” (cf. Nübling 2005).

Plural marking in French NA/AN combinations: What liaison can tell us