Nullar numbers probably don't really exist in any natural language, but let's imagine they do. Let's now further imagine a language where nouns sometimes have a deficit number marking, i.e. like "pants" or "binoculars", and that the number marked on such nouns might deviate from the actual number, i.e. some kind of implicit singular or plural despite the opposite marking.
Now, let's go really wild, and imagine a noun which is marked for the nullar number, and this in no way negates the existence of the thing in question - it's just how you state that there's wind (or a ghost or smoke or whatever).
No comments:
Post a Comment