Collective nouns and the distribution problem

DOI10.1007/S11229-024-04825-3MaRDI QIDQ7229520zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors David Nicolas, Jonathan D. Payton

Publication date 16 April 2026

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S11229-024-04825-3

zbMATH Keywords

collectivecoverdistributivenumberpluralpseudo-singular

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic of natural languages (03B65)

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