Silent semi-lexical classifiers in Romanian
Silent semi-lexical classifiers in Romanian

Summary/Abstract: This paper addresses the question of classifiers in Romanian, i.e. a language with plural morphology. I will propose that pseudo-partitive constructions consist of a classifier-noun sequence, where the classifier is a semi-lexical or functional noun. The ClasP will be conceived of as emerging above NumP in all ‘count’ situations (Kayne 2003). The head of the ClasP in languages with plural morphology may be filled with semi-lexical material (van Riemsdijk 1998, 2003) – as in the case of pseudopartitive constructions – or, building on Kayne’s (2003) proposal, with an abstract noun NUMBER.

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