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Objects and the grammar of countability / Peter R. Sutton, Hana Filip.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sutton, Peter (Peter R.), author.
- Filip, Hana, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; 18.
- Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Numerals.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Nominals.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Mass nouns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- illustration
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- This text proposes an object-centred and contextualist account of the count/mass distinction. The main empirical finding is that there is a connection between variation in count/mass lexicalization patterns across and within languages and the ways in which mass or count nouns can diverge from manifesting the canonical grammatical reflexes expected of the count/mass distinction in a given language. Assuming compositional semantics enriched with Classical Extensional Mereology, Peter Sutton and Hana Filip propose that mass-count pairs of nouns (across and within languages) lexicalize the same number-neutral core property that is satisfied by objects, which comprises not only one discrete entity separate from other entities, but also a discrete entity based on its affordances and topological properties.
- Contents:
- Variation in count/mass lexicalization patterns and the non-canonical reflexes of countability
- Implications for theories of countability
- An object-centred, contextualist theory of countability
- Constraints on lexicalization patterns
- Extending the analysis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on September 23, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version : Sutton, Peter (Peter R.). Objects and the grammar of countability.
- ISBN:
- 9780191982958
- 0191982954
- OCLC:
- 1606142104
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000418668
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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