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Direct linkMiddleton, Erica L.; Wisniewski, Edward J.; Trindel, Kelly A.; Imai, Mutsumi – Journal of Memory and Language, 2004
The English language makes a grammatical distinction between count nouns and mass nouns. For example, count nouns but not mass nouns can be pluralized and can appear with the indefinite article. Some scholars dismiss the distinction as an arbitrary convention of language whereas others suggest that it is conceptually based. The present studies…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Concept Formation, English, Nouns
