Things and stuff: the semantics of the count-mass distinction

"A classical viewpoint claims that reality consists of both things and stuff , and that we need a way to discuss these aspects of reality. This is achieved by using +count terms to talk about things while using +mass terms to talk about stuff. Bringing together contributions from internationall...

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Weitere Verfasser: Kiss, Tibor 1962- (HerausgeberIn), Pelletier, Francis Jeffry 1944- (HerausgeberIn), Husić, Halima 1989- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, UK ; New York, USA ; Port Melbourne, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2023
Ausgabe:First paperback edition
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Zusammenfassung:"A classical viewpoint claims that reality consists of both things and stuff , and that we need a way to discuss these aspects of reality. This is achieved by using +count terms to talk about things while using +mass terms to talk about stuff. Bringing together contributions from internationallyrenowned experts across interrelated disciplines, this book explores the relationship between mass and count nouns in a number of syntactic environments, and across a range of languages. It both explains how languages differ in their methods for describing these two fundamental categories of reality, and shows the many ways that modern linguistics looks to describe them. It also explores how the notions of count and mass apply to 'abstract nouns', adding a new dimension to the countability discussion. With its pioneering approach to the fundamental questions surrounding mass-count distinction, this book will be essential reading for researchers in formal semantics and linguistic typology"--
Beschreibung:Consists of revised papers, presented at a conference at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, "The mass-count distinction: a linguistic misunderstanding?", held in 2018 (preface)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xv, 425 Seiten Diagramme
ISBN:9781108932820

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