Superplurals in English.

The article discuss superplurals, terms that refer to several plural objects in a sentence, in the English language. The authors discuss how plural terms relate to philosophy through the development of plural logic and give examples of plural predicates. They discuss the use of conjunctive analysis...

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Publicado en:Analysis Vol. 68; no. 299; pp. 186 - 198
Autores principales: Linnebo, Øystein, Nicolas, David
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jul2008
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Sumario:The article discuss superplurals, terms that refer to several plural objects in a sentence, in the English language. The authors discuss how plural terms relate to philosophy through the development of plural logic and give examples of plural predicates. They discuss the use of conjunctive analysis to determine superplurals in example sentences.