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Linglib.Typology.Plurals

Plural-marking typology — substrate types #

@cite{wals-2013} (Chs 33-36)

Type-level enums + per-language profile struct for nominal and pronominal plurality across @cite{wals-2013} chapters 33–36.

Schema #

Per-language data lives in Fragments/{Lang}/Plurals.lean. Raw WALS distributions live in Data/WALS/Features/F3{3..6}A.lean — count any strategy directly via F3XA.allData.countP (·.value == ...) rather than re-tabulating here. Corbett 2000 Number refines several of these (general number, dual/trial/paucal inventory, facultative number, Smith-Stark animacy hierarchy, clusivity); those distinctions are formalized in Features/Number.lean, Features/Person.lean, and Phenomena/Agreement/Studies/Corbett2000.lean rather than here.

Layer discipline #

This file is substrate: enums, profile struct, predicates, WALS converters. No Fragment imports.

WALS Ch 33: how plurality is morphologically coded on full nouns. Nine values cross morphological strategy with absence-of-marking.

  • prefix : PluralCoding

    Plural prefix (e.g., Swahili wa-toto 'children').

  • suffix : PluralCoding

    Plural suffix (e.g., English dog-s).

  • stemChange : PluralCoding

    Stem-internal vowel change (e.g., Maricopa humar/humaar).

  • tone : PluralCoding

    Tonal change (e.g., Ngiti kamà/kámá 'chief/chiefs').

  • reduplication : PluralCoding

    Complete reduplication (e.g., Indonesian rumah-rumah).

  • mixedMorphological : PluralCoding

    Two or more methods, none primary (e.g., Arabic).

  • pluralWord : PluralCoding

    Separate word in NP (e.g., Hawaiian mau, Mandarin 些).

  • pluralClitic : PluralCoding

    NP-level clitic (e.g., Cayuvava me=).

  • noPlural : PluralCoding

    No indication of plurality.

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      WALS Ch 34: when plural marking occurs on full nouns. Cross of animacy scope (none / human-only / all) and obligatoriness (optional / obligatory).

      • noNominalPlural : PluralOccurrence

        No nominal plural at all.

      • humanOnlyOptional : PluralOccurrence

        Plural only on human nouns, optional.

      • humanOnlyObligatory : PluralOccurrence

        Plural only on human nouns, obligatory.

      • allNounsAlwaysOptional : PluralOccurrence

        Plural on all nouns, always optional.

      • allNounsOptionalInanimates : PluralOccurrence

        Plural on all nouns, obligatory for human, optional for inanimate.

      • allNounsAlwaysObligatory : PluralOccurrence

        Plural on all nouns, always obligatory.

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          WALS Ch 35: how independent personal pronouns encode number.

          • noIndependentPronouns : PronounPlurality

            No independent subject pronouns (e.g., Acoma).

          • numberIndifferent : PronounPlurality

            Same form for sg and pl (e.g., Pirahã ti 'I/we').

          • personNumberAffixes : PronounPlurality

            Both person and number are affixal.

          • personNumberStem : PronounPlurality

            Person+number fused in stem (e.g., Dogon mi/emme).

          • pnStemPronominalAffix : PronounPlurality

            Person-number stem + pronominal plural affix.

          • pnStemNominalAffix : PronounPlurality

            Person-number stem + nominal plural affix (e.g., Russian).

          • personStemPronominalAffix : PronounPlurality

            Person stem + pronominal plural affix (e.g., Chuvash).

          • personStemNominalAffix : PronounPlurality

            Person stem + nominal plural affix (e.g., Mandarin -men).

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              WALS Ch 36: associative plural marking ("X and associates"). The typological split is between marker-overlap with additive plural vs dedicated associative form.

              • sameAsAdditive : AssociativePlural

                Marker also used for additive plural (e.g., Zulu, Turkish).

              • uniqueAffixal : AssociativePlural

                Dedicated affix (e.g., Hungarian -ek).

              • uniquePeriphrastic : AssociativePlural

                Dedicated free/clitic marker (e.g., Tagalog, Japanese -tachi).

              • absent : AssociativePlural

                No productive associative plural (e.g., Russian, English).

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                  A language's plurality profile across @cite{wals-2013} Chs 33-36.

                  • language : String

                    Language name (matches LanguageProfile.name when bundled).

                  • iso : String

                    ISO 639-3 code (matches LanguageProfile.iso when bundled).

                  • coding : PluralCoding

                    Ch 33: how plurality is coded on nouns.

                  • occurrence : PluralOccurrence

                    Ch 34: when plural marking occurs.

                  • pronounPlurality : PronounPlurality

                    Ch 35: pronoun plurality type.

                  • associativePlural : AssociativePlural

                    Ch 36: associative plural strategy.

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                      def Typology.instDecidableEqPluralityProfile.decEq (x✝ x✝¹ : PluralityProfile) :
                      Decidable (x✝ = x✝¹)
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