@article{Snyder_Barlew_2019, title={The universal measurer}, volume={20}, url={https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/288}, abstractNote={<p>It is well-known that numerically modified container phrases such as <em>four glasses of</em> <em>water </em>are ambiguous between individuating and measure interpretations. We show that this ambiguity arises for numerically modified atomic predicates generally, including e.g. <em>four oranges </em>and <em>four grains of rice</em>, but not for measure phrases like <em>four ounces of water</em>. We develop an analysis that accounts for this generalization in terms of a type-shifting principle, the Universal Measurer.</p>}, journal={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung}, author={Snyder, Eric and Barlew, Jefferson}, year={2019}, month={May}, pages={658–675} }