A primary problem that theories like those in (1) face is that of variation. I will illustrate and
discuss the extent to which grammars may vary vis-à-vis the count-mass distinction with …

According to what I call the Traditional View, there is a fundamental semantic distinction
between counting and measuring, which is reflected in two fundamentally different sorts of …

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of nominal plural marking, its morphosyntax
and semantics, across different African varieties of English. Mohr explores the rich diversity …

What makes fake mass nouns interesting is that they constitute a fairly recurrent type of non
canonical mass nouns, and yet they are subject to microvariation among closely related …

Using animate nouns to refer to entities in the world involves a complex interaction of
ontology, cognition and language. The present study evaluates two accounts of the use of …

The mass/count distinction is often semantically manifested in comparative judgements as a
difference between counting and measurement. Thus, the count nouns in'more …

A partir de uma discussão sobre o papel da atomicidade no domínio da distinção
contávelmassivo, propomos uma análise para o Singular Nu (SNU) tanto no inglês quanto …

Comparative quantity judgements are a useful probe into the semantics of the mass/count
distinction, where count nouns usually trigger cardinal comparisons (more dogs), and mass …

This paper proposes to connect research areas with the aim of understanding bare nominals
across languages. It focuses on Brazilian Portuguese (BrP) and English. The BrP nominal …

Abstract In English grammar, the use of mass and count nouns affects the use of articles,
plural marking, and agreement. Given that L2 learners usually have challenges in those …