2026/03/13 by Ellise Moon · 1 voice
Computer Science · #Natural Language Processing Techniques #Speech and dialogue systems #Text Readability and Simplification
paper · doi:10.16995/glossa.23419
openalex publication_date 2026/03/13 · openalex created_date 2026/03/14 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Liquids (oil, wine) are considered to be canonical non-countable nouns. Yet nouns referring to cocktails and coffee drinks (margarita, cappuccino) display strongly countable behavior, which raises questions about the semantics of countability and the relationship between nouns and the things to which they refer. This paper investigates these mixed drink nouns and proposes the source of their countability lies in their possessing a MEASURED PART which provides a unit for individuation.This part, in connection with the ratio relationship between the drink’s ingredient parts, is the source of countability for these nouns.