Категория числа и ее интенциональные значения

Abstract

This paper examines the transpositional usage of plural forms of nouns, personal pronouns, and verbs, and represents the semantic derivational process of their uncategorical (intentional) meanings. According to this, these intentional meanings of plural forms, such as hyperbolic meaning, indefiniteness, negative judgment, distancing, etc., generated from the concepts of deindividualization and alienation, are closely connected to each other. Intentional meanings of plural forms of nouns, to which the numerical opposition is most peculiar, exert influence on formation of the intentional meanings of plural forms of other parts of speech.