Systems of nominal classification
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521065238
Date de publication :
12 juin 2008
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
530 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This volume, first published in 2000, addresses the fundamental linguistic question of how the perceived world is expressed through systems of nominal classification. Leading scholars review the whole spectrum of nominal classification, from gender systems through to numeral classifiers, providing theoretical interpretations and empirical case studies across a variety of languages.