WĄGIEL, Marcin. Against atomicity : Evidence from subatomic quantification. In LingORG, 01/03/2021, University of Oslo, 2021. 2021.
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Original name Against atomicity : Evidence from subatomic quantification
Authors WĄGIEL, Marcin (616 Poland, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition LingORG, 01/03/2021, University of Oslo, 2021. 2021.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Requested lectures
Field of Study 60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher Sweden
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/21:00119450
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English atomicity; quantification; mereology; mereotopology
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Changed by Changed by: Mgr. et Mgr. Lucie Tomaňová, učo 445546. Changed: 6/4/2022 10:21.
Abstract
In standard theories of pluralities and countability, the mass/count distinction is often formulated in terms of atomicity (e.g., Link 1983, Landman 1991, 2000, Chierchia 1998, 2010, Champollion 2017). Despite significant differences in particular theories, the contrast between count and mass nouns usually boils down to the existence or lack of minimal building blocks in their denotations or, alternatively, to a distinct nature of those building blocks. The approach developed in this paper rejects the view that what counts as one is best represented as an atomic entity. Instead, building on a mereotopological approach to nominal semantics (Grimm 2012, see also Casati & Varzi 1999) I propose that countability is a feature of individuals that constitute non-overlapping and integrated wholes (as opposed to, e.g., scattered entities and arbitrary sums).
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Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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