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Squishing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 June 2016
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There are two arguments for postulating the existence of a rule which derives (some) plurals from conjoined singulars. This rule would convert (1a) to (1b).
(1) a. *The mani and the manj are different.
b. The meni,j are different.
The first argument derives from French agreement. Adjectives agree across the copula in number and gender with their subjects.
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- Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 17 , Issue 2-3 , 1972 , pp. 180 - 183
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- Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1972