Towards a semantics for mass expressions derived from gradable expressions

Recherches Linguistiques de Vincennes 39:163-198 (2010)
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What semantics should we attribute to mass expressions like "wisdom" and "love", which are derived from gradable expressions? We first examine how these expressions are used, then how they are interpreted in their various uses. We then propose a model to account for these data, in which derived mass nouns denote instances of properties.

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David Nicolas
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The Metaphysics of Mass Expressions.Mark Steen - 2012 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
The logic of mass expressions.David Nicolas - 2018 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 9.Emar Maier, Corien Bary & Janneke Huitink (eds.) - 2005 - Nijmegen Centre for Semantics.

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