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SUMMARY:The Boundaries of Grammar: Which Categories We Can and Which Catego
 ries We Can’t Do Without
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 arvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6th9gmGwLudv6S2\n\nThe distribution a
 nd interpretation of bare nouns varies crosslinguistically. In particular\
 , what kinds of categories can and cannot be attached to a bare noun diffe
 r from one language to another. To illustrate the range of cross-linguisti
 c variation\, we start out with the well-observed contrasts between Englis
 h (in which bare nouns can be accompanied by a plural marker or an article
 \, dogs or the/a dog for instance) and Chinese (in which bare nouns cannot
  co-occur with a grammaticalized plural marker nor article\, but a classif
 ier\, zhǐ gǒu for instance). This raises the question of whether there a
 re restrictions on how the grammar of Noun Phrases works across languages 
 or not. By further comparing to other languages including Hindi and Nuosu 
 Yi\, it is shown that Vietnamese in fact adds an interesting dimension to 
 the empirical landscape in having a rich classifier system while at the sa
 me time having a productive genuine plural marker and probably a definite 
 plural article. Prima facie\, the co-occurrence of classifiers and plural 
 markers/articles in Vietnamese superficially looks like an anomaly\, and t
 hus provides arguments in favor of the view that how people use their noun
 s is not really subject to any structurally governed constraint. We discus
 s evidence that goes against this view: the way nouns are structured\, whi
 le variable\, is subject to interesting and complex restrictions\, and Nou
 n phrases across different languages rely on a number of cross-linguistica
 lly stable building blocks\, ultimately rooted in logic.
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