Innu-aimun plurality

• I examine the pluralization of ‘mass’ nouns in Innu-aimun.
• I posit the existence of two plurals in Innu-aimun.
• I examine the implications of different kinds of plurals.

There is an ongoing debate about the syntax and semantics of plurality. On one end of the spectrum, Borer and Ouwayda (2010) argue that all (true) plurality resides in Div and provides atomic structure to the noun; any other non-Div plurality does not provide any semantic content. On the other end, Butler (2012) argues that plurality can occur in multiple positions (including adjoined to DP), and each may be associated with different semantics. Intermediate positions suggest that there are two or three different types of plural that occupy different positions (Acquaviva, 2008, Harbour, 2008, Harbour, 2011, Alexiadou, 2010, Mathieu, 2012a, Mathieu, 2012b, Mathieu, 2013 and Mathieu, 2014). In this paper, I show that there are two different types of plural in Innu-aimun (Algonquian): a counting plural (following Mathieu, 2013 and Mathieu, 2014) and a lexical plural (following Acquaviva, 2008 and Alexiadou, 2010).