| 释义 |
ˈpluralizer, n.
[f. pluralize v. + -er1.]
1. = pluralist 1 (Webster 1864).
2. Gram.
a. A pluralizing affix, inflexion, or word.
b. A noun that may appear in plural form.
1933Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Nov. 798/2 Shang is one of the six pluralizers. 1951Archivum Linguisticum III. 66 Suffix: -naka ∼ -nak- ‘(noun) pluralizer’. 1961R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts ii. 39 The basic forms of pluralizer nouns are most often used as heads within nounal units, since they generally require determiners. Ibid., Quantifiables such as courage, fun,..machinery, and furniture are not made plural, though it is true that some quantifiables have pluralizer status also. 1965Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics Spring 172 The pluralizer qə- of Position 4. 1971[see intensifier]. |