SOME ASPECTS OF NUMBER MORPHOLOGY VARIATIONS IN GERMAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES
Mishanova Yuliya Vladimirovna, Voloshina Tat'yana Gennad'evna
Belgorod State National Research University
Abstract. The article presents an overview of morphological means of the expression of nouns number singularia and pluralia tantum in the modern English and German languages. Special attention is paid to the features of expressing the category of number of proper and collective nouns. The study results of the various types of semantic and grammatical motivation within these groups are presented.
Key words and phrases: категория числа, собирательные существительные, singularia tantum, pluralia tantum, абстрактные существительные, семантическая мотивация, category of number, collective nouns, singularia tantum, pluralia tantum, abstract nouns, semantic motivation
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