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This document provides an introduction to a forthcoming article that explores the idea that the mass/count distinction in nouns is a matter of vagueness. The author aims to develop a vagueness-based framework to understand the distinction and account for cross-linguistic variation. The framework uses a supervaluationist approach adapted from data semantics. The author argues that such a model can accommodate both universal properties and variation in how languages encode the mass/count distinction. Understa

Author

Henrique dos Santos

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