Mass Nouns, Count Nouns, and Non-count Nouns: Philosophical Aspects

Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 534-538

  Laycock, H ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Atomism; Continuous; Count noun; Counting; Denoting; Discrete; Individuation; Logic; Mass noun; Matter; Measuring; Mereology; Metaphysics; Non count noun; Objects; Ontology; Parcels; Plural noun; Quantification; Quantities; Reference; Semantics; Singular noun; Stuff; Substance; Things

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882909660     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/01192-5     Document Type: Chapter

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