{"product_id":"systems-of-nominal-classification-paperback-9780521065238","title":"Systems of Nominal Classification (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521065238","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSystems of Nominal Classification\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA major linguistic study of nominal classification systems across a variety of languages, first published in 2000.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGunter Senft (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521065238, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 June 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e364 pages, 21 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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 a wide range of languages. The volume presents ideas about the problems of classification, advances theory by proposing typological categories and clarifies the interface between anthropological and grammatical work. Focusing on systems that have a conceptual-semantic basis, the contributors reflect and represent approaches in nominal classification research. This invaluable reference work will appeal to linguists, anthropologists and psychologists alike, as well as specialists in languages as diverse as Australian, Amazonian, Mayan and Japanese.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface Gunter Senft\u003cbr\u003e 1. What do we really know about nominal classification systems? Gunter Senft\u003cbr\u003e 2. A morphosyntactic typology of classifiers Colette Grinevald\u003cbr\u003e 3. Unusual classifiers in Tariana Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald\u003cbr\u003e 4. Multiple classifier systems in Akatek (Mayan) Roberto Zavala Maldonado\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ant, ancestors and medicine: a semantic and pragmatic account of classifier constructions in Arrernte (Central Australia) David P. Wilkins\u003cbr\u003e 6. Visualizing ability and nominal classifications: an evidence of cultural operation in the agreement rules of Japanese numeral classifiers Kyoko Inoue\u003cbr\u003e 7. Isolation of units and unification of isolates: the gestalt-functions of classifiers Jürgen Broschart\u003cbr\u003e 8. Bantu noun class system. Loanword and acquisition evidence of semantic productivity Katherine Demuth\u003cbr\u003e 9. Gender assignment: a typology and a model Greville G. Corbett and Norman M. Fraser\u003cbr\u003e 10. Systems of nominal classification - a concluding discussion John Lucy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006297264408,"sku":"9780521065238","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521065238i.jpg?v=1694969052","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/systems-of-nominal-classification-paperback-9780521065238","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}