Singularmarker
Singularmarker is a linguistic term used to describe a grammatical marker that signals singular number within a noun phrase or through agreement with verbs and adjectives. It can be realized as a bound morpheme (such as a suffix, prefix, or infix), a clitic, or an independent determiner or pronoun. The marker may attach directly to the noun head, to adjectives or numerals that modify the noun, or to the verb to reflect subject-verb or agreement with the noun phrase.
In its distribution, singularmarkers can occur in systems where singular is overtly marked in the noun phrase
Typologically, singularmarkers vary in form and position. They can be affixes (suffixes or prefixes), clitics attached
Example use in description is typically hypothetical, illustrating how a language might distinguish singular with a
See also: number, grammatical agreement, noun class, morphosyntax.