<div dir="ltr">One more thing (and this one does not need audio):<div>Does anyone have any examples, in whatever language, of what is called "subkind" reference?</div><div><br></div><div>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:</div>
<div><br></div><div>SHOES</div><div>A: What shoes do you have? B: High-top, low-top, loafers...<br clear="all">MAGAZINES</div><div>A: What magazines do you have? B: Leisure, sports, news...</div><div>COFFEES</div><div>A: What coffees do you have? B: French roast, decaf, light roast...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Here are some things that are NOT subkinds:</div><div>A: What coffees do you have? B: Small cups, large cups, medium cups...</div><div>A: What magazines do you have? B: Esquire, NASCAR, Newsweek...</div>
<div>A: What shoes do you have? B: These here, this pair, and the discount rack.</div><div><br></div><div><br>-- <br>***********************************************************<br>Bryan James Gordon, MA<br>Joint PhD Program in Linguistics and Anthropology<br>
University of Arizona<br>***********************************************************<br>
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