Vienskaitlinieku lietojums latviešu valodā un angļu valodas ietekme

Not all nouns in Latvian have both singular and plural forms. In Latvian language, grammatical limitations have developed from the lexical meaning of the noun, therefore two groups can be distinguished: singularia tantum and pluralia tantum. Language is constantly changing, therefore there have also been significant alterations in the use of these words. The current paper presents nouns that traditionally are considered as singularia tantum, but due to influence of English they have inappropriate use of number and also new lexical meanings. This paper is based on Master's thesis “The use of singularia tantum and pluralia tantum in Latvian” developed in 2019.