Number in natural language from a formal perspective

In this introduction, we provide a general overview of a variety of phenomena
related to the encoding of the cognitive category of number in natural language, e.g.,
number-marking, collective nouns, conjunctions, numerals and other quantifiers,
as well as classifiers, and show how Slavic data can contribute to our understanding
of these phenomena. We also examine the main strands of the study of number in
language developed within formal lingusitics, linguistic typology, and
psycholinguistics. Finally, we introduce the content of this collective monograph and discuss
its relevance to current research.