Words without Objects
Resolution of the problem of mass nouns depends on an expansion of our semantic/ontological taxonomy. Semantically, mass nouns are neither singular nor plural; they apply to neither just one object, nor to many objects, at a time. But their deepest kinship links them to the plural. A plural phrase —...
Main Author: | Henry Laycock |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
1998-12-01
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Series: | Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology |
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Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/18373/17212 |
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