Rara #36
Legacy number: 36
| Number | 36 |
| Phenomenon | inverse number marking: same exponent denoting singular, dual, or plural in different declensions, depending on which number is least expected from the basic meaning of nouns in that declension class (its prototypical members, at any rate) |
| Found in | Kiowa-Tanoan family [a family possession, hence an infrequentale?] |
| Domain | morphology: inflection — zero |
| Type | infrequentale (family possession) |
| Keywords | number |
| Source | Wonderly, William, Lornia Gibson, & Paul Kirk (1954). Number in Kiowa: Nouns, demonstratives, and adjectives. IJAL 20: 1-7. Merrifield, William (1959). Classification of Kiowa nouns. IJAL 25: 269-271. Mithun, Marianne (1999). The Languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
| Violates | none |
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