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On 08.10.2016 23:28, Martin Bays wrote:
> * Friday, 2016-10-07 at 14:10 +0200 - selpahi <seladwa@gmx.de>:
>
>> https://solpahi.wordpress.com/2016/09/25/a-simpler-quantifier-logic/
>
> Very nice.
>
> One thing which might be worth mentioning: we shouldn't forget about
> masses.
>
> (Here, I mean 'masses' in the mereological sense: things which
> can't be counted, as in "mass noun". I'm not talking about {gunma}.)
>
> But working mereologically/{me}reologically, i.e. basing everything on
> {me}, means we essentially get masses for free. e.g. {ru'o djacu poi
> nenri lo kabri cu lenku} gets the expected meaning. And with your
> proposed redefinition of numerical quantifiers, {za'u [no]} would work
> as the existential quantifier.
>
> .e'u nai ro pa me ro tadni poi sruri lo dinju cu ba se sruri za'u djacu

The relationship between plural logic and mass nouns, specifically the=20
idea that mass nouns are just plurals, is something that I've been very=20
interested in recently. (and relatedly, the relationship between kinds=20
and plurals)

Chierchia (1998), for example, is a nice read.

I agree masses (mass nouns) should not be ignored, but I think the topic=20
of mass nouns is specific enough to be a topic unto itself, for a=20
different article, which maybe someone else would like to write? :)

~~~mi'e la solpa'i


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