One more request

[Bryan James Gordon]

One more thing (and this one does not need audio):
Does anyone have any examples, in whatever language, of what is called
"subkind" reference?

This means using a noun to refer to particular different sorts of things
that that noun refers to. In English such nouns are always plural. Here's
some English examples:

SHOES
A: What shoes do you have? B: High-top, low-top, loafers...
MAGAZINES
A: What magazines do you have? B: Leisure, sports, news...
COFFEES
A: What coffees do you have? B: French roast, decaf, light roast...

Here are some things that are NOT subkinds:
A: What coffees do you have? B: Small cups, large cups, medium cups...
A: What magazines do you have? B: Esquire, NASCAR, Newsweek...
A: What shoes do you have? B: These here, this pair, and the discount rack.


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Bryan James Gordon, MA
Joint PhD Program in Linguistics and Anthropology
University of Arizona
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