[Lexicog] Measure words

[Mike Maxwell]

David Tuggy wrote:
> ...a game played by some people to invent new ones. One of my
> favorites (from Ron Langacker) is "a felony of cats"...

There is a similar term for dogs, which is more or less canonical.
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	Mike Maxwell
	Linguistic Data Consortium
	maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu


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