Examples include the reduplication of syllables, consonant doubling, or the addition of the infix /-a-/ inside the stem to mark plurality of action.
Such nouns constitute the class of "broken" plurals, while the remaining nouns, which use a long-vowel ending to mark plurality, are called the "sound" type.
Nevertheless, Äiwoo shows a large number of strategies for marking plurality on nouns.
Some devices originate in the verbal system, where they mark plurality of action, actor, goal, or location.
All the Romance languages continue to mark plurality in nouns and adjectives morphologically, though in modern spoken French this is not done consistently.
Turkish is a typical agglutinative language: compare Turkish evleri, "houses" (accusative case), in which ev is the root meaning "house," -ler marks plurality, and -i is the sign for accusative, with Latin domūs, in which -ūs combines the representation of accusative and plural without the possibility of assigning either category separately to one part of the word ending.
On my second point, Rio+20 marked a watershed understanding the plurality of roles required – alongside governments – to craft the future we want.
The result is a plurality of pluralisms.
This marks the first time that a significant plurality of Americans have described the economy in positive terms in a CNN/ORC poll since September 2007.
It is difficult to be a plurality, a complex being, if you are a woman.
Arsène Wenger is said to be unconcerned over any Kroenke takeover, while the Arsenal Supporters Trust are also relaxed about the American upping his stake to the 50 per cent mark but maintain that a "plurality of ownership" remains the best option.
