Finally, in Turkana gender shifts can be used to encode variation both in the
countability properties of nouns (M1 = 1) and in the size of the noun phrase referent (M2 = 1).
"It didn't bother him that it was a significantly flawed bill." The price of getting a bill that could pass 340-81 in the House and 87-10 in the Senate (with Kennedy part of that 87) was high: no vouchers, almost no new flexibility for states, a large across-the-board spending increase, a program combating hate crimes, a program promoting "gender equity," and a "cultural exchange" for "Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Whaling and Trading Partners in Massachusetts." All that NCLB amounted to, really, was strengthening certain federal ac
countability requirements that were already in place, plus the president's Reading First initiative, which helps states and schools adopt research-based reading programs.
That for the does not relate to number or
countability; an NP with the can involve a countable or uncountable noun, and if a countable it may be marked with singular or plural inflection.
Insofar as our thought about things proceeds by recursively developed linguistic means, it is inherently limited in its reach within the confines of
countability. And so, the upshot is that the limits of textuality impose quantitative limitations upon propositionalized thought--albeit not limits of finitude.
The adverb takusan 'a lot' may modify almost any NP, irrespective of its animacy or
countability. However, this adverb has two distinct readings depending on the underlying syntactic status of the verb's arguments.
"About" points to Hargraves's excellent discussion not only of that word, but of parts of speech, including
countability of nouns and inflections of verbs.
They also provide a great deal of lexical grammatical information, such as the
countability or non-countability of nouns and the gradability of adjectives.
Some of the disadvantages include 1) difficulties in fish identification, particularly for small fish or fish with subtle coloration, 2) the potential for attraction or repulsion of fish from the submersible, 3) variation in
countability due to habitat type; for example, due to reduced visibility when the submersible maneuvered off bottom to avoid large boulders, or the failure to detect fish hiding behind boulders, and 4) the limitation of the technique to quantifying the density of benthic species found in close proximity to the bottom.
Special issues on the theme were released in 2001 by "Accounting, Organisation and Society" as well as the "Accounting, Auditing, and Ac
countability Journal".
The corporate optimism and positive spins that helped build investor confidence in previous cycles will significantly dampen as companies remain defensive regarding disclosures and heightened corporate
countability. Therefore, an economic recovery will hinge on facts rather than rhetoric.