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What is the term for a noun that stands for more than one portion of an uncountable referent?
A noun that refers to one countable thing is singular.
A noun that stands for one countable portion, part, or unit of some non-countable thing is singulative.
See http://www-01.sil.org/...
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Singular versus plural in certain locutions: Is there a name for this?
I wouldn't touch that idea with a ten-foot pole.
He's a tool maker.
In Germany, Catholics and Lutherans pay a church tax.
The zebra stripes indicate a pedestrian crossing.
He is a resident of an ...
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Proper terminology for the types of dual
I was reading an article about typology of Russian language by Gasparov, B. M. (“Structure of Russian language from typological point of view (Intro to sociogrammatics). Article 2. Morphology of the ...
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