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Numerical-Plural-NP Construction

Name Numerical-Plural-NP Construction
Semantic function of cxn Specifying the precise quantity of the THING REFERRED TO as more than 1.
Usage conditions The REFERENT does not have to be expressed explicitly if it can be identified from the linguistic or situational context (definite null-instantiation).
Semantic role of slots CARDINAL NUMBER THINGS REFERRED TO
Syntactic form two
three
4

17

one hundred

7,089,537
...
Npl
contextual anchor point
Example Fourteen people attended the meeting. I could see the beams of one lighthouse, but not of two.
Agreement plural verb
General cxn-type QUANTIFIER-NP CONSTRUCTION
Construction family NP CONSTRUCTION
Literature Herbst & Hoffmann (2023: Ch.5)
Annotators/Date TRH/04/21F