Universal #982

Legacy number: 982

 Number  978
 Original  When the plural allomorphs are morphologically conditioned in a language, and the conditioning depends on whether the word belongs to one or another semantically transparent class, the class will often be defined in terms of the features in the split plural hierarchy.
 Standardized  When there are plural allomorphs conditioned by semantically transparent classes of nouns, these classes will typically be defined along the Split Plural Hierarchy.
 Keywords  allomorphy, number, plural, animacy
 Domain  inflection, semantics
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Smith-Stark 1974
 Source  Smith-Stark 1974: 668

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Discussion
Notes
The Split Plural Hierarchy is essentially the Animacy Hierarchy; see #916 and others.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The Split Plural Hierarchy is essentially the Animacy Hierarchy; see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=916"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> and others.