Systems of Nominal Classification

Book Overview

This book, first published in 2000, addresses the fundamental linguistic question of how the perceived world is expressed through systems of nominal classification that are grammatically encoded in various languages. A team of leading international scholars reviews the whole spectrum of nominal classification, from gender systems through to numeral classifiers, providing cutting-edge theoretical interpretations and empirical case studies based on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521065232
• ISBN13: 9780521065238
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"