countification

== English == === Etymology === From count +‎ -ification. === Noun === countification (uncountable) (rare, linguistics) The conversion of a noncountable noun to a countable noun form. 1969, The Yugoslav Serbo-Croatian-English Contrastive Project With some mass and abstract nouns, "countification" is accompanied by a shift of meaning: paper (SC papir) vs. a paper (SC novine, dokument)... ==== Related terms ==== countify ==== References ==== [1] Zimmer, Ben (May 7, 2010). "The Plural of E-Mail". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2010.