Book of Donmon Teith

This volume explores the expression of the concepts count and mass in human language and probes the complex relation between seemingly incontrovertible aspects

The mass-count distinction is a morpho-syntactic distinction among nouns that is generally taken to have semantic content. This content is generally taken to re

With contributions from world-renowned researchers, this book delves into how to best describe the phenomena of mass-count distinction.

Natural languages – idioms such as English and Cantonese, Zulu and Amharic, Basque and Nicaraguan Sign Language – allow their speakers to convey meaning and

Now available in paperback for the first time since its original publication, the material in this book provides a broad, accessible guide to semantic typology,