@inbook{179cfa46a85f43b296a4d54613e5b361,
title = "From Noun to Quantifier: Pseudo-partitives and Language Change",
abstract = "Micro-variation in Germanic pseudo-partitives is investigated, focusing on the syntax and morphology of expressions where two nouns are juxtaposed without a linking preposition, attested in Middle English. A standard measure (pound), containers (gallon, ton, pipe, barrel, and sack) and a collective (pair) are examined in detail. Few similarities are found between the Middle English expressions and other Germanic languages for standard measures and containers, whereas the noun pair has syntactic, morphological and semantic similarities.",
keywords = "Collective nouns, Container nouns, Early Modern English, Germanic, Measure nouns, Middle English, Pseudo-partitives, Singular/plural",
author = "Johanna Wood",
year = "2020",
language = "English",
isbn = "978 90 272 0479 0",
series = "Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science. Series 4: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory",
publisher = "John Benjamins Publishing Company",
pages = "230–250",
editor = "Bridget Drinka",
booktitle = "Historical Linguistics 2017",
}