30.4521, Books: Genders and Classifiers: Aikhenvald, Mihas (eds.)

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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 22:32:23
From:  Oxford University Press [HumanitiesMarketing at oup.com]
Subject: Genders and Classifiers: Aikhenvald, Mihas (eds.)

 


Title: Genders and Classifiers 
Subtitle: A Cross-Linguistic Typology 
Series Title: Explorations in Linguistic Typology  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/genders-and-classifiers-9780198842019?q=9780198842019&cc=us&lang=en 


Editor: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Editor: Elena I. Mihas

Hardback: ISBN:  9780198842019 Pages: 336 Price: U.S. $ 90.00


Abstract:

This volume offers a comprehensive account of the typology of noun
classification across the world's languages. Every language has some means of
categorizing objects into humans, or animates, or by their shape, form, size,
and function. The most widespread are linguistic genders - grammatical classes
of nouns based on core semantic properties such as sex (female and male),
animacy, humanness, and also shape and size. Classifiers of several types also
serve to categorize entities. Numeral classifiers occur with number words,
possessive classifiers appear in the expressions of possession, and verbal
classifiers are used on a verb, categorizing its argument. These varied sorts
of genders and classifiers can also occur together. This volume elaborates on
the expression, usage, history, and meanings of noun categorization devices,
exploring their various facets across the languages of South America and Asia,
which are known for the diversity of their noun categorization.

The volume begins with a typological introduction that outlines the types of
noun categorization devices and their expression, scope, functions, and
development, as well as sociocultural aspects of their use. The following nine
chapters provide in-depth studies of genders and classifiers of different
types in a range of South American and Asian languages and language families,
including Arawak languages, Zamucoan, Hmong, and Japanese.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

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