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mass-count distinction: a standalone construct

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Semantics

the grammatical and semantic contrast between nouns that denote countable individuals and nouns that denote stuff, and how it varies across languages.

In semantics, mass-count distinction refers to the grammatical and semantic contrast between nouns that denote countable individuals and nouns that denote stuff, and how it varies across languages. This meaning comes from Chierchia (1998) in Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy.[1]

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contrast4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs semantics2 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Chierchia, G. (1998). Plurality of Mass Nouns and the Notion of “Semantic Parameter”. In Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy (pp. 53-103). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3969-4_4

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