The use of numerals in counting differs quite dramatically across
languages. Some languages grammaticalise a contrast between count
nouns (three cats, three books) vs 'non-count' or mass nouns (milk,
mud), marking this distinction in different ways. Others use a
system of numeral classifiers, while yet others use a combination
of both. This book draws attention to the contrast between counting
and measuring, and shows that it is central to our understanding of
how we use numerical expressions, classifiers and count nouns in
different languages. It reviews some of the more recent major
linguistic results in the semantics of numericals, counting and
measuring, and theories of the mass/count distinction, and presents
the author's new research on the topic. The book draws heavily on
crosslinguistic research, and presents in-depth case studies of the
mass/count distinction and counting and measuring in a number of
typologically unrelated languages. It also includes chapters on
classifiers, constructions and adjectival uses of measure phrases.
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