Universal 281: plural (noun) ⇒ singular designates indefinite number of objects (noun)

Universal 281: plural (noun) ⇒ singular designates indefinite number of objects (noun)

Original

If nouns have Plural, then they have Singular which can designate an indefinite number of objects.

Standardized

IF nouns inflect for plural, THEN they have a singular which can designate an indefinite number of referents.

Keywords

noun, number, plural, singular, markedness

Domain

inflection

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

unspecified

Source

see Vardul’ 1969, referring to Rozdestvenskij

Counterexamples