Parts of a whole : distributivity as a bridge between aspect and measurement /
This book uses mathematical models of language to explain why there are certain gaps in language: things that we might expect to be able to say but can't. Lucas Champollion offers a theory that unifies the concepts of aspect, plural and mass reference, measurement, and distributivity, to accoun...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ;
66. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book uses mathematical models of language to explain why there are certain gaps in language: things that we might expect to be able to say but can't. Lucas Champollion offers a theory that unifies the concepts of aspect, plural and mass reference, measurement, and distributivity, to account for these gaps. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191071218 0191071218 9780191816505 0191816507 |