Semantics for Counting and Measuring
Author | : Susan Rothstein |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2017-04-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781107001275 |
ISBN-13 | : 1107001277 |
Rating | : 4/5 (277 Downloads) |
Download or read book Semantics for Counting and Measuring written by Susan Rothstein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is an investigation of the semantics of numericals, counting and measuring, and its connection to the mass/count distinction from a theoretical and crosslinguistic perspective. It reviews some recent major linguistic results in these topics, and presents the author's new research including in-depth case studies of a number of typologically unrelated languages.