Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Number

Definition: 

Number is a grammatical category of nouns, pronouns, and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions (such as "one" or "more than one").

The count distinctions typically, but not always, correspond to the actual count of the referents of the marked noun or pronoun.

Examples: 

(English)

In the word girls, plural number is marked by the suffix -s.