The count/mass distinction in Ye'kwana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4567784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iná Camargo Costa (0000-0002-2586-8928, Universidade Estadual de Roraima, corresponding author), Isabella Coutinho Costa |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 409-419 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistic Variation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2211-6834 • E-ISSN: 2211-6842 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/lv.00030.cou |
| OpenAlex | W3090798435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper presents a description of the count/mass distinction in Ye'kwana, a Cariban language spoken in Brazil and Venezuela. The methodology used was based on Lima & Rothstein's questionnaire this volume). The data shows that Ye'kwana is a bare noun language and that mass and count nouns can be pluralized. However, numerals need a container phrase in order to be directly combined with mass nouns. Nominal quantifierswannaandoojecan be directly combined with count and mass nouns, but they show different interpretations
Linguistics · Natural language processing · Noun · Noun phrase · Numeral system · Phrase · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |