Semantics for counting and measuring /
"The use of numerals in counting differs quite dramatically across languages. Some languages grammaticalise a contrast between count nouns (three cats, three books) vs 'non-count' or mass nouns (milk, mud), marking this distinction in different ways. Others use a system of numeral cla...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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Series: | Key topics in semantics and pragmatics.
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Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |