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The Use of Mass Nouns to Quantify Over Individuals

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: Theories of the mass-count distinction in linguistics, philosophy and psychology commonly argue that count nouns are distinguished from mass nouns by their reference to, and quantification over, individuals (e.g., Bloom, 1999;Wisniewski, Imai & Casey, 1996).We present experimental evidence that both children and adults interpret some mass nouns as quantifying over individuals, and suggest a model of the mass-count distinction that includes these cases.

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

Authors: David Barner, Jesse Snedeker

Language: English

Topic: Categorization, perception, and language

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2620585544

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Cites: 26

Cited by: 1

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