Open AccessFrom Number Cycle to Split Plurality and Back in Albanian
Author(s) -
Gjorgje Bozhoviq
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ca' foscari japanese studies. religion and thought/ca' foscari japanese studies. religion and thought
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2610-900X
pISSN - 2610-9417
DOI - 10.30687/bes/0/2021/02/001
Subject(s) - plural , competition (biology) , mathematics , state (computer science) , combinatorics , algorithm , linguistics , philosophy , biology , ecology
Albanian plural morphology is analysed in the paper as split between the Num and n heads. This is shown to result diachronically from a plural-to-singular reanalysis cycle, where splitting the number morphology between Num and n has worked as a competition resolution strategy in Albanian. The system is still in transition, however, and represents a long-lasting state of a dynamic equilibrium.