Count and mass across languages

Count and mass across languages

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This volume explores the expression of the concepts count and mass in human language and probes the complex relation between seemingly incontrovertible aspects of meaning and their varied grammatical realizations across languages. The chapters in this volume explore the question of the cognitive and linguistic universality and variability of the concepts count and mass from philosophical, semantic, and morpho-syntactic points of view, touching also on issues in acquisition and processing.

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  • Full title :Count and mass across languages / edited by Diane Massam.

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This volume explores the expression of the concepts count and mass in human language and probes the complex relation between seemingly incontrovertible aspects of meaning and their varied grammatical realizations across languages. The chapters in this volume explore the question of the cognitive and linguistic universality and variability of the concepts count and mass from philosophical, semantic, and morpho-syntactic points of view, touching also on issues in acquisition and processing.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.

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Notes

Revised conference papers.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xviii, 310 p.) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191746048, 0191746045
  • oclc:ocn939999759
  • LC Classification:P271
  • Dewey Decimal:415.54

Subjects

Conference papers and proceedings Grammar, Comparative and general -- Con… Grammar, Comparative and general -- Con… Grammar, Comparative and general -- Mas… Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun Nom (Linguistique) -- Congrès Noms comptables -- Congrès

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Massam, Diane

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