Countability and measured parts in mixed drink nouns
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19488937 |
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| Authors | Ellise Moon (0000-0002-9607-4834, University of Rochester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Glossa a journal of general linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2397-1835 • E-ISSN: 2397-1835 |
| Publisher | Open Library of the Humanities (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.16995/glossa.23419 |
| OpenAlex | W7135230031 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Liquids (oil, wine) are considered to be canonical non-countable nouns. Yet nouns referring to cocktails and coffee drinks (margarita, cappuccino) display strongly countable behavior, which raises questions about the semantics of countability and the relationship between nouns and the things to which they refer. This paper investigates these mixed drink nouns and proposes the source of their countability lies in their possessing a MEASURED PART which provides a unit for individuation.This part, in connection with the ratio relationship between the drink’s ingredient parts, is the source of countability for these nouns
Countable set · Noun · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Speech and dialogue systems · Text Readability and Simplification
| Highly cited | No |
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