Things and stuff: the semantics of the count-mass distinction
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108932820
Date de publication :
3 août 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
635 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
With contributions from world-renowned scholars, this book explains how both modern linguistics and individual languages differ in their methods for describing two fundamental categories of reality: things and stuff. With its novel take on mass-count distinction, it is essential reading for researchers in formal semantics and linguistic typology.