Сингулятиви у сучасній українській мові
Journal: Лінгвістичні студії
Year: 2020

Singulatives denote objects separated from a collection of uniform (homogenous) objects or from a structural mass. This separation materializes the collection, i.e., mass, which enables their quantification. Derivational singulatives such as горошина represent a specific trait of East Slavic, and among those also the Ukrainian language. The meaning of singulativity is, however, expressed not only at the derivational level but also at other levels of language, which has not yet been the subject o