infrequentale (family possession) 36: 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)
Where found
Kiowa-Tanoan family [a family possession, hence an infrequentale?]
Domain
morphology: inflection
Subdomain
zero
Keywords
number
Type
infrequentale (family possession)
Universals violated
none
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.
