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1 Online-Ressource (xi, 276 pages)
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511734830
Series Statement:
Key topics in semantics and pragmatics
Content:
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 classifiers, while yet others use a combination of both. This book draws attention to the contrast between counting and measuring, and shows that it is central to our understanding of how we use numerical expressions, classifiers and count nouns in different languages. It reviews some of the more recent major linguistic results in the semantics of numericals, counting and measuring and theories of the mass/count distinction, and presents the author's new research on the topic. The book draws heavily on crosslinguistic research, and presents in-depth case studies of the mass/count distinction and counting and measuring in a number of typologically unrelated languages. It also includes chapters on classifiers, constructions and on adjectival uses of measure phrases.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Apr 2017)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521171823
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107001275
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107001275
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521171823
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Rothstein, Susan Deborah Semantics for counting and measuring Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017 ISBN 9780521171823
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107001275
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9781107001275
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Numerale
;
Semantik
;
Zählen
;
Messung
;
Sprache
;
Semantik
DOI:
10.1017/9780511734830
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