1. PLURAL WORD is a morpheme whose meaning and function is similar to that of plural affixes in other languages, but which is a separate word that functions as a modifier of the noun. 2. This universal follows from Branching Direction Theory (BDT) as discussed in Dryer 1992: 108-118.
1. PLURAL WORD is a morpheme whose meaning and function is similar to that of plural affixes in other languages, but which is a separate word that functions as a modifier of the noun. 2. This universal follows from Branching Direction Theory (BDT) as discussed in Dryer 1992: 108-118.