Grammatical and contextual factors affecting the interpretation of superordinate collectives in child and adult Mandarin
The semantics of superordinate collectives (superordinates hereafter) such as English furniture are argued to be count or mass, or to allow both count and mass readings. When tested experimentally, however, it has repeatedly been reported that superordinates denote individuals in a wide range of typ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2022-07-01
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| Series: | Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2022-0048 |