Comparative Concept: amount term (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
amount term (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | amount term |
| Assoziiert |
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Definition
a form used to indicate an imprecise quantity for noncountable entities. Example: in some wine, some is an amount term. (Section 4.1.3)