Open Accesssemantics of Turkish numeral constructions
Author(s) -
Yağmur Sağ
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
zas papers in linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1435-9588
DOI - 10.21248/zaspil.61.2018.498
Subject(s) - numeral system , turkish , classifier (uml) , semantics (computer science) , mathematics , atomicity , arithmetic , linguistics , computer science , artificial intelligence , programming language , philosophy , database transaction
This paper explores Turkish numeral constructions, which have typologically twointeresting properties: (i) the existence of an optional classifier, (ii) the incompatibility of pluralswith them. I argue that numerals are modifiers of type , > defined only foratomic properties (Ionin and Matushansky 2006). The explanation rests on the semantics ofbare singulars proposed to denote sets of atoms (contra Bale et al. 2010), and the semantics ofthe classifier claimed to be a partial identity function presupposing atomic properties.Keywords: numerals, atomicity, number neutrality, plurality, kinds, optional classifiers.