Classifiers : A Typology of Noun Categorization Devices
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory
ISBN-10
019926466X
ISBN-13
9780199264667
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 27th, 2003
Print length
564 Pages
Weight
800 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.70 x 3.20 cms
Product Classification:
Historical & comparative linguisticsGrammar, syntax & morphology
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Almost all languages have some ways of categorizing nouns. This book provides an analysis of noun categorization devices all over the world. It is for typologists, those working in the fields of morphosyntactic variation and lexical semantics, as well as anthropologists and all other scholars interested in the mechanisms of human cognition.
Almost all languages have some ways of categorizing nouns. Languages of South-East Asia have classifiers used with numerals, while most Indo-European languages have two or three genders. They can have a similar meaning and one can develop from the other. This book provides a comprehensive and original analysis of noun categorization devices all over the world. It will interest typologists, those working in the fields of morphosyntactic variation and lexical semantics, as well as anthropologists and all other scholars interested in the mechanisms of human cognition.
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