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<p>New page: A &#039;&#039;&#039;collective noun&#039;&#039;&#039; is a <a href="/index.php/Noun" title="Noun">noun</a> that refers to a group of entities which seems to be conceived of as a single entity because the noun is <a href="/index.php/Singular" title="Singular">singular</a>. :::*&#039;&#039;&quot;collective nouns are no...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''collective noun''' is a [[noun]] that refers to a group of entities which seems to be conceived of as a single entity because the noun is [[singular]].<br /> <br /> :::*''&quot;collective nouns are nouns lexically referring to a (denotational) multiplicity that — in some way or the other — is conceptualized as a unity&quot;'' (Joosten et al. 2007:88)<br /> <br /> ===See also===<br /> *[[collective noun (in English)]]<br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> *Joosten, Frank et al. 2007. Dutch collective nouns and conceptual profiling. ''Linguistics'' 45.1. 85-132.<br /> *Michaux, Christine. 1992. The collectives in French: a linguistic investigation. ''Lingvisticae Investigationes'' 16. 99-124.<br /> <br /> ===Other languages===<br /> *French [[nom collectif]] <br /> *German [[Kollektivum]]<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Semantics]]</div>

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