| Classifiers: A Typology of Noun Categorization Devices Contributor(s): Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (Author) |
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ISBN: 019926466X ISBN-13: 9780199264667 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $76.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: Almost all languages have some grammatical means for categorizing nouns. 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 401.43 |
| LCCN: 2003277879 |
| Series: Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.34" W x 9.18" (1.83 lbs) 564 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Almost all languages have some grammatical means for categorizing nouns. 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. |