universal grinder

Noun

(linguistics) A mechanism whereby countable nouns are made uncountable.

Japanese Meaning

（言語学）可算名詞を不可算名詞に変換するための仕組み・機構

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The linguist argued that the language's universal grinder systematically turns originally countable nouns into mass terms.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その言語学者は、その言語における可算名詞を体系的に不可算名詞（物質名詞）へと変える機構が働いていると主張した。

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(linguistics) A mechanism whereby countable nouns are made uncountable.

Consider a machine, the "universal grinder". … The reader has doubtless guessed by now the purpose of our universal grinder: Take an object corresponding to any (apparent) count noun he wishes (e.g. 'man'), put the object in one end of the grinder and ask what is on the floor (answer: 'There is man all over the floor')

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universal grinders

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