Classifiers: a typology of noun categorization devices
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Main Author: Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I͡U., (Aleksandra I͡Urʹevna) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] Oxford University Press 2000
Series:Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory
Oxford linguistics
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Item Description:Second series statement from jacket. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [452]-487) and indexes
Noun class and gender systems -- Noun classifiers -- Numeral classifiers -- Classifiers in possessive constructions -- Verbal classifiers -- Locative and deictic classifiers -- Different classifier types in one language -- Multiple classifier languages -- Classifiers and other grammatical categories -- Semantics of noun categorization devices -- Semantic organization and functions of noun categorization -- Origin and development of noun categorization devices -- Noun categorization devices in language acquisition and dissolution -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Noun categorization by means other than classifiers -- Appendix 2: From nouns to classifiers : further examples of semantic change -- Appendix 3: Fieldworker's guide to classifier languages -- List of languages -- List of language families, linguistic areas, and proto-languages
This text offers a cross-linguistic account of classifiers. Its range of exemplification includes major and minor languages from every continent and several of the examples are from the author's own fieldwork
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 535 p.)
ISBN:0585483388
9780198238867
9780585483382

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