Towards a semantics for mass expressions derived from gradable expressions
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Towards a semantics for mass expressions derived from gradable expressions
What semantics should we attribute to mass expressions like wisdom and love, which are derived from gradable expressions (wise, to love)? We first examine how these expressions are used, then how they are interpreted in their various uses. We show in particular that, just like with ordinary concrete mass nouns (wine, furniture), sentences where they appear are liable to distributive, collective...
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عنوان ژورنال: Recherches linguistiques de Vincennes
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0986-6124,1958-9239
DOI: 10.4000/rlv.1857