Classifiers
Subtitle: a typology of noun categorization devices
By: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.
Series: Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 535
Subjects: Categorization (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [452]-487) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: List of maps; title: List of tables; title: List of diagrams; title: List of abbreviations; title: 1. Preliminaries; title: 2. Noun class and gender systems; title: 3. Noun classifiers; title: 4. Numeral classifiers; title: 5. Classifiers in possessive constructions; title: 6. Verbal classifiers; title: 7. Locative and deictic classifiers; title: 8. Different classifier types in one language; title: 9. Multiple classifier languages; title: 10. Classifiers and other grammatical categories; title: 11. Semantics of noun categorization devices; title: 12. Semantic organization and functions of noun categorization; title: 13. Origin and development of noun categorization devices; title: 14. Noun categorization devices in language acquisition and dissolution; title: 15. Conclusions; title: Appendix 1. Noun categorization by means other than classifiers; title: Appendix 2. From nouns to classifiers: further examples of semantic change; title: Appendix 3. Fieldworker's guide to classifier languages; title: References; title: List of languages; title: List of language families, linguistic areas, and proto-languages; title: Index of languages, linguistic areas, and language families; title: Index of authors; title: Subject index.