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Direct linkBarner, David; Snedeker, Jesse – Cognition, 2005
Three experiments explored the semantics of the mass-count distinction in young children and adults. In Experiments 1 and 2, the quantity judgments of participants provided evidence that some mass nouns refer to individuals, as such. Participants judged one large portion of stuff to be ''more'' than three tiny portions for substance-mass nouns…
Descriptors: Semantics, Young Children, Nouns, Syntax
