Publication details
Mereotopology in an abstract domain : Evidence from Slavic derived collective nouns
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Though it is commonly assumed that collective nouns are specific to the domain of individuals, e.g., `committee of women', in fact the category is much more general and covers also abstract objects such as eventualities, e.g., `series of murders', and numbers, e.g., `sequence of integers'. In this paper, I provide evidence from two types of Slavic derived collective nouns supporting recent findings that suggest that collective nouns do not constitute a uniform category. Rather, there are spatial collectives referring to topological configurations and social collectives designating organizations social clusters, e.g., `committee of women'. |
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