Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Numericals and how they work -- Counting and measuring -- The mass/count distinction -- Object mass nouns, measuring and counting -- A crosslinguistic perspective -- The universal grinder -- Classifiers -- Measures -- Additive and attributive uses of measures -- In conclusion.
Summary:
The book is an investigation of the semantics of counting and measuring, and its connection to the mass/count distinction from a theoretical and crosslinguistic perspective.
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