LINB18H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mass Noun, Blackboard
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Linb18 lecture 2 nouns and nps. Identify the different parts of speech: make distinction b/w n. categories, abstract vs. concrete ns, count vs non-count ns, common vs. proper ns. Identify nps and head of nps: distinguish b/w pre-determiners vs. post-determiners. Belong to various categories: ns, vbs, prep, adjs, advs. What are nouns: trad refer to ppl, places and things , however, a # of ns don"t fit this criteria b/c they don"t refer to ppl, places or objs. Two stands of hair) i. e. * two oils(s) (cf. I don"t like beet (non-count: she offered me a beer (count, base-pls and pl-only ns, most ns both sing. and pl. forms. However, some ns are an exception in this case: ns whose basic form can be used in either sign. Or pl are called base-pls (i. e. sheep, cod, barracks, deer: some ns can only have pl interpretations i. e. cattle, clothes, glasses (pl.
