Etymology

From count +‎ -ificationCategory:English terms suffixed with -ification#COUNTIFICATION.

Noun

countification (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#COUNTIFICATIONCategory:English nouns#COUNTIFICATIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#COUNTIFICATIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#COUNTIFICATIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#COUNTIFICATIONCategory:Pages with entries#COUNTIFICATIONCategory:Pages with 1 entry#COUNTIFICATION

1. (rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#COUNTIFICATION, linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#COUNTIFICATION) 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)...

   • 1995, Marilyn Martin, “Article question redux”, in bit.listserv.tesl-l (Usenet):

     The use of A with GRAIN gives the class membership of the item and illustrates the "countification" of mass nouns, with the deletion of the understood "type(s) of."

     Category:English terms with quotations#COUNTIFICATION

   • 2010 May 24, Ben Zimmer, New York Times:

     The countification of e-mail mirrors some other recent developments in tech-talk.

     Category:English terms with quotations#COUNTIFICATION