Counting Construcions and Coercion: Container, Portion and Measure Interpretations
Counting constructions with mass terms like ‘two beers’ have at least two coerced interpretations depending on context. For example, ‘two beers’ can have either a container (count) interpretation of ‘two glasses filled with beer’ or a portion (count) interpretation of ‘two portions of beer, each (eq...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Oslo
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Oslo Studies in Language |
| Online Access: | https://journals.uio.no/osla/article/view/6678 |