However, oats is idiosyncratic in that its plural form does not force the interpretation of a countable noun. This lexicalized information can simply be noted in its lexical information as in (55): Hybrid agreement in English * As a singular countable noun, the word basis requires that article...
[countable, uncountable] the form of the outer edges or surfaces of something; an example of something that has a particular form a rectangular/spherical/cylindrical shape geometric shapes fantastic creatures that can change shape and be either visible or invisible You can recognize the fish by the...
to form less than half of a large group Men are in the minority in this profession. We are in the minority on this issue. be in a minority of one (often humorous) to be the only person to have a particular opinion or to vote a particular wayTopics Opinion and argumentc2 Se...
Some nouns name the amount or form of something. a loaf of bread a bar of soap a bar of chocolate These nouns describe specific quantities or physical forms of items. They indicate how something is packaged, shaped, or grouped. Nouns Using "A Piece of" to Describe Single Servings or Part...
of male aggression are reflected through relationship with women, both verbal and visual; visible is the absence from media coverage of women who hold traditionally “male” functions; professions that women engage in are always named in male form of nouns (gender insensitive use of language); ...
“Recognizable Individual” means a person who is, or reasonably could be, identifiable through one or more distinctive characteristics visible in the applicable Photo or any content presented with such Photo (such as a caption), including but not limited to such person’s name, vocation, facial...
of male aggression are reflected through relationship with women, both verbal and visual; visible is the absence from media coverage of women who hold traditionally “male” functions; professions that women engage in are always named in male form of nouns (gender insensitive use of language); ...
Kegan is the root of the next word and is a person. However, theapostrophe “s”is there to let you know that thoseearsbelong to him, makingKegan’sapossessive noun, which shows ownership or an indication of something made by another person, such as footprints. Those ears are visible at...
In Experiment 3, we replicated the findings of Experiments 1, and generalized the observed pattern of results to a new condition: plural-diminutive NPs. This pattern of results, showing that the gender of the base noun is visible to the determiner selection process even when this information is...
As was the case in the original study, this result is consistent with the idea that English speakers represent and use an underlying structure of noun phrases in which adjectives form the tightest constituent with the noun, then numerals, then demonstratives. This could reflect knowledge due to ...